Episode Transcript
Speaker 1 00:00:10 Hello, and welcome to big city Catholics. Uh, let's begin with a prayer in the name of the father and of the son of the holy spirit. Amen. Asking our blessed mother's intercession upon us. We pray hail Mary full of grace. The Lord is with the blessed Artha amongst women and blessed as the fruit of the I who Jesus,
Speaker 2 00:00:27 Holy Mary mother of God, God pray for us sins. Now the hour of our death.
Speaker 1 00:00:32 Amen. Amen. The name of the father's son and holy spirit. Amen. Bishop, how are you doing?
Speaker 2 00:00:37 I'm doing well. It seems, uh, that we're back to just you and I today. That's we? That's right. We've had guests over the last couple of weeks. Who've been terrific, but it's nice for us to have a simple conversation as well.
Speaker 1 00:00:47 Amen. Yeah, it's uh, we've been, we've been really touching on some very dip, hot topics, difficult topics. Um, we had, uh, wonderful lady from the bridge to life talking about walking with moms in need, father Joseph wasta, talking about the Supreme court decisions and, and father Carlos,
Speaker 2 00:01:04 You called Carlos about the Eucharistic revivals. Yeah. And then we'll be talking about the Senate too, as the, that is all being gathered all of the work on that. So that's right. Yeah. These are, uh, very busy times. Yeah. So it's nice to take a little bit of a break and, and maybe do a little bit of a lighter segment
Speaker 1 00:01:21 Today. Absolutely. I agree. I agree for our sake and for our listener sake, you know, um, you know, this has been an exciting, uh, week for you. Um, I know yesterday we were, uh, together at the, you were celebrating this feast of our lady Mount Carmel, by the way, uh, Monsignor Trigan was very grateful for the shout out in our last podcast of the feast of Mount Carmel. But we got a little more because this was an exciting, uh, opportunity
Speaker 2 00:01:47 That's right for you that you and I were there. Yes. Last week for the opening ceremonies and for the procession with our lady through the streets of Williamsburg. Yeah. Which was phenomenal. But part of the great tradition of the Williamsburg feast is the carrying of the Julio. And they do that on the two Sundays and on the Wednesday night in between. So you and I both again separately that's right. But we both found ourselves there for this great cultural moment in the life of Williamsburg, Brooklyn,
Speaker 1 00:02:17 Cultural moment. That's the best way to describe it because you think of St Patrick's day and you think of our lady of Guadalupe and the different feast of each culture. Um, what an interesting lift yesterday, the, the night lift, I mean, you have all of these guys standing under this, God knows how much that, that Julio weighs.
Speaker 2 00:02:39 It's humongous. It's so tall, it's heavy, it's heavy wood. And, and don't forget it's the edifice itself. It that large Julio, but, um, which goes high into the sky and all the statues, but the band is on it <laugh> and then, um, Monsignor Jamie and I ended up being on it. And um, so you have all that extra weight. I just, I can't begin to imagine <laugh> <laugh> and how many men it took to carry it through. And of course, they're, they're at it a long time. They're at it for hours and in teams in and out and in and out. But, um, but, um, they only go short distances at a time.
Speaker 1 00:03:19 That's right. Yeah. The crowds on the street when they started the lift around seven 30 or so the crowds were gathered. It was, it was where it, it was in its parked position, you know, off to the side on the street there and, uh, crowds gathered and just incredible to see the first lift and they sort of dance it and they jump it up and down. That's right. Um, and as it's jumping up and down, you see the statue of St. Pauline on top, like shaking. Oh really? Oh boy. Yeah. It's uh,
Speaker 2 00:03:48 Wild. See, from my vantage point, I couldn't see the statue. You were lucky, probably wisely so better not to know ignorance
Speaker 1 00:03:57 Is blessed waiting for it to tip, but I, I noticed, uh, it's tied in very well, so there's no, no, no. Cause for concern, um, it, so it danced somewhat down the street and then you arrived, first of all, this is the key of big city Catholics. I mean, you arrived the diocese, Bishop of, of the diocese of Brooklyn. Uh, not in a car, not in an Uber. How did you, how did you get there yesterday?
Speaker 2 00:04:22 I got on my bike and I took it down there. So I didn't have to worry about parking or getting through the traffic. Incredible. The biggest struggle was when I arrived, I had to walk it through and uh, I started down what's this hav Hava, Meer ha Myer street. And I got so far and I realized even walking through, I'm not getting through this crap because at that point, the Julio was right there at Hara Meer and eighth. Yeah. So I went around back and came in the other way and actually they were waiting for me. So yeah. That's Brooklyn for you. I, I picked up the bike because it's so hard to drive around here. Yeah. And, um, I decided can't beat him, join them.
Speaker 1 00:04:58 Yeah. That was, uh, and it's, it's definitely get you get your exercise. You don't have to worry about traffic. You're driving down these bike lanes. It took you what, 10, 15 minutes from that's
Speaker 2 00:05:09 Right. That's that's
Speaker 1 00:05:09 Right. Yeah. It took me 30 minutes in the car, you know, so, and then you're looking for parking
Speaker 2 00:05:14 To find the
Speaker 1 00:05:14 Park, but, uh, so you arrived,
Speaker 2 00:05:16 But that's all part of it. Yeah. So you feel like you, you're part of the whole thing that way, right. You come in and people are out on the streets. So you just like blend right into the crowd. It's it's thrilling. Monsignor CASAA was there to bring me in and they put my bike away for me. And it had so many people now during the week I had been driving back and forth from places or riding, I should say, back and forth from places. And I would get to look down as I'm on the BQE and say, look at all those people Saturday night, Sunday night. So many, many people are coming out to this, which is great. After the last couple of years, it's so good to see people and you can tell people wanna be out and they wanna be together very much so. Um, and, and they were having a great time. It seemed to me at least good, clean fun.
Speaker 1 00:06:04 Absolutely.
Speaker 2 00:06:05 And you know, and, and the, the full mix, you had families there, parents with their children, and you had the kitty ride that have it all, you had the local people who were probably some of them just taking it in for the first time, but young professional people just going about, you had the Italian generations, you could tell that there were people who were there, who you could tell their parents, their grandparents, in fact, some of the, uh, capos, you did shoutouts in memory of their grandparents. That's right. As, as the lifts were being, uh, made. So, um, yeah, you just can't help, but get caught up in it. The lights in the
Speaker 1 00:06:43 Streets. Yeah, it's wonderful.
Speaker 2 00:06:44 I remember growing up here in New York, out on long island, that being a neighbor to, to Brooklyn, and you'd see the video clip on, uh, on the nightly news. And I always wondered about it. And honestly, I didn't know what the Julio really meant and what it was all about. And, and I'm trying to relate it to Mount Kael and it really has nothing to do with our lady of Mount Carmel. So the feast is in honor of our lady of Mount Kael. The parish is our lady of Mount and they have the Novina. So there's a definite faith element to it. But the Julio is really, um, in honorous St. Paulina that's right. Paulina of NOLA. And the early immigrants to that part of Brooklyn were from the village of NOLA. And they brought with them their devotion and their tradition, their devotion to St.
Speaker 2 00:07:33 Pauls. So this Julio comes out of that devotion. And so for 135 years, the people of NOLA and their descendants have been evangelizing Brooklyn, evangelizing Williamsburg with this message of their appreciation and their entrustment to St. Pauls and, and the way that he as a Bishop would lead them to Jesus Christ. Yeah. You know, in fun ways. That's, to me, the adventure of evangelization, sometimes we think about evangelization. We think about programs. We think we, we think about boring things that we have to do and really having fun. Good, clean, fun. Keep saying that. Yeah. Having a little bit of fun and showing our devotion is probably one of the best tools for evangelization.
Speaker 1 00:08:27 The word you use often is authentic. And, uh, you know, when you see the people who come out there to celebrate and are just authentically joyful, joyful, um, there's nothing better than that. It's, it's contagious.
Speaker 2 00:08:43 It is. And you know, they have the statue of Val Laia Mount Conel over outside by the church. You see people going over to Neil before it in prayer. Now don't get me wrong. I'm not, I'm not putting on rose colored glasses here and saying, oh, everybody's the thousands of people who are there are there for devotion <laugh>. But the fact is there's a group of people, group of parishioners, who themselves are extremely faithful. And what they're doing is they're shining that light for everybody else. That's right. To see that's. And, you know, I don't think people are waking up this morning saying, oh, wow. I, I need to go back to, to Christ. I need to go back to church, but you, what we're doing is we're planting seeds. And we are showing the source of our joy, the reason for our hope, what makes us who we are as, as beloved daughters and sons of God, we're showing that joy and connecting it to our devotion of Jesus Christ. And that, that sense of protection looking over to say, Hey, you know, the people of Nolo sought protection through the intercession of St. Pauls. That's basically an acknowledgement that none of us makes it on our own. We need to rely on each other. We need to rely on the intercession of the saints. We're, that's what we are. We are showing to the world.
Speaker 1 00:10:03 Yeah. Yeah. And evangelization, uh, with a Zee is always more enjoyable than evangelization without, although I don't think your diet, you can eat the Zep.
Speaker 2 00:10:13 No, I've been off Zeppos oh man. I grew up on, uh, Zals from feast. Not, not quite of, uh, the experience of our lady Mount Carmel feast, but whenever there would be local feast, my family, we would always go down. Even if we were just going to the Zeppo group <laugh> and bring the Zeppos home and, you know, you'd get the white sugar all over, over you and greasy Zeppo. Oh, does that ever taste good? We, we loved it. Can I tell you a funny story please? In Columbus and you know that I love people of Columbus and I love being in Columbus, but in Columbus they have an Italian feast it's on the weekend of Columbus day. Okay. Uh, the parish of St. John, the Baptist, and it's a, it's a big Italian feast too, with all the booze. It takes up numbers of streets and, and, um, they, they don't have the procession, but they have an outdoor, um, mass. So it it's, it's great. I said, wherever the Zeppos and nobody knows anything about Zep. <laugh> hardly, anybody knows what the Zeppo
Speaker 1 00:11:13 Is that world over there? Oh,
Speaker 2 00:11:14 Isn't it? How deprived they are. So, so if, if you're in the Zeppo business and you have a food truck and you wanna make a, a business venture, I can, I advise you to make your way to Columbus on <laugh> on Columbus day,
Speaker 1 00:11:27 Weekend. That's makes sense. The there's like booth there, the best D E best Zep <laugh> was, it was great to see.
Speaker 2 00:11:37 Now, speaking of the food, the other treat standing on the Julio was like, boy, did I smell the sausage cooking?
Speaker 1 00:11:45 <laugh> oh
Speaker 2 00:11:46 Boy, that was good. <laugh> <laugh>
Speaker 1 00:11:49 It must have been, I mean, it was a long time. So you were up there for quite some time. And, and, um, uh, I had a, a bird's eye view. I enjoyed both views. I was down on the street for a while, and then I was invited up to the roof at top to see, look down and I got some really beautiful photos of the, of the whole Julio and, uh, uh, but I, I noticed, you know, when they start dancing, there's a bar there for you to hold when they start dancing it, you know, jumping it up and down. Was it, were you nervous for you?
Speaker 2 00:12:18 No. Act, believe it or not, it's actually very secure. I mean, you feel yourself moving around. Yeah. Um, but it, the thing is large enough. I there's no fear. I had no fear of falling off. If anything, I could, I could picture myself being clumsy enough to trip over something and, uh, land right on the platform itself or into somebody. But no, it's, it's, it's actually, uh, pretty secure. You feel
Speaker 1 00:12:42 Pretty secure. I only mentioned it because, you know, that is a, a cherished position. I mean, there's there only the people, like you said, who are invited up onto that lift are the members of the band or the, the pastor of the parish, you know, whomever that may be at the time and the, and, and a pastor
Speaker 2 00:12:59 Of the
Speaker 1 00:12:59 Di the pastor of the diocese. So, you know, not very many of us will ever have the opportunity to, to RO to be on, on it. And, uh, and I think even Monsignor, you know, was very grateful, uh, that you were there. And he, he did mention, you know, thanks to the Bishop Theas and Bishop for being here.
Speaker 2 00:13:15 You know, it was really nice being up at that vantage point. This is a nice feeling at this point in my time here, I'm, I'm in, uh, Brooklyn now, a little more than seven months in the eighth month. And, you know, lots of new faces are by, by and large, but good number of familiar faces. And it was really nice to look out and to see people mm-hmm, <affirmative> whom I would recognize from some of the different parishes or some of our diocese in events, or, um, from, from the parish itself, um, actually to bump into a few people from my long island days, see, who have roots here in Brooklyn. Yeah. And they say, oh, no, I, I come back every year. My, I, we grew up here or, or my parents always came here and we come back every year.
Speaker 1 00:14:00 See, it's, it's beautiful. Yeah. That's a nice, I can imagine it would be a feeling of, of warmth the feeling of okay. You know, I'm not, uh, I'm not alone. I'm not alone feeling at home. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 2 00:14:11 Yeah. This, yeah. And I'm not alone, I'm at home and I'm not alone. Yeah. And, and that's a, that's a great experience.
Speaker 1 00:14:17 You've had a whirlwind of, uh, of eight months. I mean, uh, we've yet to talk about the, the Senate, which was the first, you know, thing that you've over, that you began and that you, uh, you went to visit all of these different parishes and deanaries, and, you know, so you have been able to see a lot of faces and meet a lot of people and see the layout of the diocese. And, um, it must be, it just a nice, albeit scary in the sense of awe some in a, in a way. Uh, but also just to see all of the people, the, the laborers in the vineyard working together, what's that like as
Speaker 2 00:14:56 Bishop it's, it's great. It's great. And I always knew something of Brooklyn culture. I knew Queens better than I know Brooklyn, because I grew up going to St. John's university, um, spent a lot of time in Nassau county. And so I know, I know Queens fairly well. Um, Brooklyn is, is somewhat new. I know all the neighborhoods, I know the names of the neighborhoods and, and I know the different family connections. So, um, it's been fun getting to see the different neighborhoods I had mass, uh, uh, the week before last at a lady of solace in Coney island. I thought, what, what a better place to be on July 4th weekend, right? Yeah. Coney island. That's great. Yeah. Coney island. Yeah. Well, I had my, uh, first foray, not, not here, but nearby in, into the salt waters. Um, I used to tell everybody in Columbus that I missed the salt water <laugh>.
Speaker 2 00:15:49 And so I had my first foray into the water and, um, I'm hoping to get over to Rockaway in the next couple of days. Sure. And not so much, I'll be there for mass, but I'm looking forward to getting into the beach and that's right. Just people here in, in Brooklyn and Queens, we have so much before us, and to me, it's, it's sharing some of those simple adventures with each other. Yeah. Tho that, again, deepening the bonds of our friendship, deepening the bonds of, of who we are as a people experiencing life, seeing life and giving thanks to God for that. Right. Yeah. I mean, the beauty of, of what's before us, um, if we approach it the right way, um, is, is spectacular. The beauty of human creation. I've, I've had some guests come in and I bring them down over to the pier by near Brooklyn bridge. And that's gorgeous. People are just fascinated. We've had some beautiful weather, so it is fascinated by what they see. Yeah. The, the natural beauty, the beauty O of, of the crafts, the things that people built over the generations. Um, it's all right here before us. And if we can enjoy each other and enjoy those great things with gratitude to God, that's what it's all about. Especially these summer months.
Speaker 1 00:17:08 That's for sure. And, and it doesn't, you know, people think of, uh, New York city, again, our big cities being very expensive and, and, and certainly there our neighborhoods, and this is another conversation for another day. There are neighborhoods where we, where we lack affordable housing for our families that that really struggle
Speaker 2 00:17:27 Well put father Chris. Well put, you know, that was one of the things about the Senate. So, you know, in, during the time of the Senate, I had the chance to go to the Dean's. I'm very grateful to Bishop DeMaio for his idea of doing these on a deanery basis. And then the timing that it worked out, that it gave me a chance to meet everybody. There were the church issues that were discussed when we came together. But you know what? We spent a lot of time in the DESE talking about the real issues that people are carrying. So, um, housing was a main issue and, uh, some of it's with the gentrification, the poor are being pushed out. Some people are finding it just too expensive to live, or, you know, children can't afford to live in the place where their parents lived, um, or families where like maybe around in this neighborhood in Brooklyn Heights, cobble hill, downtown Brooklyn, where people will come begin their, their lives as a married couple, have their first children.
Speaker 2 00:18:32 And, and, but then they're going, they're gone by the time school, age comes along. That's right. So, so these are some of the realities that people are living and, um, and, you know, as life is getting expensive right now with inflation here in the city, that's particularly acute. That's true. You know, that's true. So you're, you're, you're exactly right. So there's that balance. And, and I think there's a, a healthy approach to being aware and saying, we have to work on these kinds of issues and help one another with these issues, but then there are the beautiful moments in life, and we have to be able to enjoy and share those as well,
Speaker 1 00:19:11 You know, in, um, I've become a, a member of, uh, the Brooklyn botanical gardens. And, and I, you know, it sounds, sounds fancy when you say you've become a member of some kind of thing. It's like $50 for a year. And, um, and you have unlimited visits to this botanical gardens, which is less than a mile from where I, where, you know, the co cathedral is, and just, uh, for my own sanity <laugh>, and also just to experience as you were mentioning the beauty and, and that, which is at our fingertips, even if I weren't to enter into the botanical gardens, but just to walk through prospect park, have you, you ride through prospect park.
Speaker 2 00:19:48 Oh, I've discovered prospect park. I love prospect park. Yeah. Because you have that loop. Yeah. And it's all one way. Yep. And it goes all the way around. So it's a very safe, uh, place to take a bike, but you, but again, it's wonderful to see all these people enjoying picnics and just being out there.
Speaker 1 00:20:06 Do you ever go out on Saturday Mor you have to try it on a Saturday morning. I mean, first of all, there's a farmer's market there at grand army Plaza, but then there's about, I'd say 300 dogs running around on the great lawn there. And it's, it's unbelievable to see how many people around this neighborhood have dogs.
Speaker 2 00:20:26 Oh, same up by, I, I live over by St. Joseph's college and I think it's Fort green. Yes. Park over there. And if you go out early in the morning, it's everybody in they're dogs.
Speaker 1 00:20:36 It's wild, it's wild, it's a community. I mean, that could be an evangelization effort. You know, the, like the priest with a dog and, and just standing there with, uh, to, to answer the questions of the, of the faithful. I mean, there's so many opportunities, but there's such a beauty to that your, to the diocese of Brooklyn and Queens, you've got the water and Coney island. You have the, the, the breezy point and Rockaways you who, your love water, certain, you
Speaker 2 00:21:02 Know, love water. And then you, then we have the views, uh, from Astoria and that's right. Long island city, and, um, and Bayside. So we, yeah, we, we just have great, great natural, uh, beauty around us. You know, we were talking before about some of the cultural events and, uh, it seems one of the great things about Brooklyn and Queens is that people come from all over the world. And when they come from all over the world, they bring with them many of these cultural, um, celebrations and let's face it. Most of these cultural celebrations are rooted in faith. And so one of the first things I experienced in December when I arrived was right here at the co cathedral and the celebration of, um, Elaia Guadalupe that's right. And, and the, the, the gathering of so many people, thousands of people, literally, they, again, December 12th, couldn't go in the cathedral. Many of them participated in holy mass right out on Pacific street. That's right. And then they all walk carrying, each parish takes a torch that's right. And they bear the torch, that sense of pilgrimage they're on a pilgrimage. They bring it back to their parishes. Um, there are so many layers of powerful signs in that. Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:22:23 Yeah. And, and, uh, I think so much, so there's so many, there's such a high demand. Is it true that this upcoming Guadalupe feast of Guadalupe? I think we're gonna do two masses.
Speaker 2 00:22:33 That's the plan right now. And, um, I'm not sure if we planned, we would talk about different things. So both of them right here is that the, the I, so I think that's what they were talking about. Yeah.
Speaker 1 00:22:43 Yeah. Yeah. And, uh, I mean, it makes sense. There are so many that come and, uh, you, you know, this is an aside, but your homily was just so funny that day.
Speaker 2 00:22:54 <laugh>,
Speaker 1 00:22:55 I, I, I, it's on YouTube, it's on, you know, it's on the net TV channel on YouTube. And I I've, I've, I've shared it with people because it was so funny. And, um, and, and to see, you know, so telling a joke in English is a, is hard enough, you know, like to tell a funny story in a, in a Hoy, but now you're, you're telling the story of the donkey, uh, in Spanish. Can you, can you just, cause it's such a message. If you don't mind, it's such a great
Speaker 2 00:23:24 Message. Sure, sure. Yeah. That's right. And, and, and, and actually, and it is more fun in Spanish because of some of the vocabulary, but it was this a true tale. Okay. Of a priest who told now he was telling a tale, but during the Eucharistic Congress in Rockville center, uh, the Bishop gathered us and deanaries to talk about experience with the Eucharist. And he spoke about processions. Like we just, you know, another cultural moment. So many of our parishes had the Corpus Christi processions. Yeah. And he said, this one village, they each year try to outdo the year before. And so they strapped the monstrous onto the back of a donkey. Now, of course, in, in Spanish, you're talking about umto. And so <laugh> <laugh> so, so, you know, the, uh, the donkey's making its way through the street and everybody's throwing the flowers and, and singing their praises. It's a whole procession and everything like that. Donkey loved it so much. He's holding his head up. Hi, Caba Ariba, and he's looking strutting back and forth. He loves
Speaker 1 00:24:27 So much. I'm sorry. Now I'm sorry, because I have to pause because what you cannot see on the podcast is the
Speaker 2 00:24:34 Movements that's right.
Speaker 1 00:24:36 You shoulders being
Speaker 2 00:24:37 Shoulders and all of that. That's right. It's more fun when you preaching.
Speaker 1 00:24:40 You're right. He loved it so much.
Speaker 2 00:24:42 Continue. I'm sorry. So he loved it so much. He decided to do it the next day. He goes out the next day, but this time he, he makes his way out of the yard. He, he manages to escape. He goes down to the same village, square down the same streets. And there he is again. And then shaking his shoulders here is struting along and looking back and forth. And this time people are out, but they're sweeping the streets and men playing cards, and kids are playing. Everybody's going about doing their business. Nobody looked. And the point of the story that the priest said now, like I said, you realize later, he told it as if it were a true story, but he was telling a tale, a little bit of a parable. He looked up and he said, fathers, he spoke to the priest fathers. If we're not carrying Jesus, we're nothing but a bunch of donkeys <laugh>. And, and it's so true, but you know, it gets
Speaker 1 00:25:30 Back Jesus, almost burrito. So
Speaker 2 00:25:32 His almost, and it's true. There's human nature. We get caught up in our projects. We get caught up in what we are doing, important things important works, but you know what, if it's not about bringing Jesus to one another, we're just, uh, spinning wheels and, and it's, it's, it's pointless. And that brings us back to all of these cultural events, you know, sadly, some of them do devolve into, you know, just, um, sensual, enjoyment, you know, drinking and all that kind of stuff. Uh, it's just, you know, there is that side of it, there's that dark side of these things, but the fact of the matter is there's something deeper. And our job as Catholic Christians is to go into the wilderness. But bringing that light, the reminder to us as Catholic Christians though, is that we're doing it for a reason. Yeah. And it's not just about the project it's to carry Jesus. And if we're carrying Jesus, that's everything, if we're not carrying Jesus, it's almost <foreign> <laugh>
Speaker 1 00:26:44 I, I think it was a, it's just a perfect message. Uh, it was a perfect Hoy and it was so lighthearted and it really, it hit so well. And I think in light of this weekend's, uh, readings, uh, you hear the story of Martha, Mary, and, um, Martha is busy about doing all the things in the house and, uh, busy about the, the little things here and there. The cleaning of the, and Mary, uh, as Jesus says, chose the better part. Mary sat at the feet of Jesus to, to hear and to listen and to learn. Um,
Speaker 2 00:27:19 And the thing is this one gets at people, uh, you know what Martha's doing, what she should do. And, and I agree. I love Jesus' words, Martha, Martha, you're worried, you're anxious and upset about many things. Only one thing is necessary. And I don't think of that as a rebuke. I think of it as an invitation, you know, Jesus knows all of our anxieties, all of our worries, but he invites us to be at his feet. He invites us to turn to toward him and, and yeah, otherwise we are just going to be anxious and concerned about many things. So you're right. It ties into, uh, to Sunday's readings, into what we've been talking about today,
Speaker 1 00:28:02 Keep Jesus really at the center. And, uh, we pray, you know, of all the hundreds, thousands of people, not hundreds of thousands, but hundreds of slash thousands of people that have attended or will attend or will walk through the feast of Mount Carmel, those who have attended or will attend or will view, they called them the runners, the Kos of our lady of Guadalupe, running to their parishes with the torches, the hundreds and thousands of people that watch us March down, St. St. Patrick's
Speaker 2 00:28:31 Patrick parade. Great. Again, that's one of those that's really turned in so many directions, but at the heart of it is St. Patrick the great evangelize
Speaker 1 00:28:38 It. Yes. Yeah. And so we pray that Jesus really is kept, uh, at the center without Jesus. We are so almost,
Speaker 2 00:28:47 Uh, so let's, uh, enjoy these, um, these days of summer.
Speaker 1 00:28:54 Amen.
Speaker 2 00:28:54 Yeah. Let's ask the Lord to keep people safe. Let's pray that, um, that as we take up these summer activities, we might do so with a sense of, um, of, of care and safety for others. Um, and you know, as the people of Williamsburg, 135 years ago sought to ask the intercession of St. Paulina to watch over and protect them. We ask the Lord to watch over, to protect us, to ask Mary, our lady Mount Carmel, to watch over and protect us and, and to guide us in all things.
Speaker 1 00:29:29 Amen. Can, would you, uh, Bishop, would you give us your blessing to end our, our, our
Speaker 2 00:29:34 Podcast today? Oh, certainly. Maybe I'll use the prayer of our, of Mount com. It's close with the blessing. May the venerable intercession of the glorious Virgin Mary come to our aid. We pray, oh Lord. So that fortified by her protection, we may reach the mountain, which is Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the holy spirit, God forever endeavor. Amen. And the Lord be with you
Speaker 1 00:30:00 And with your
Speaker 2 00:30:00 Spirit, male mighty God bless you, the father and the son and the holy spirit. Amen. Amen.
Speaker 1 00:30:05 Thank you, Bishop. And, uh, thank you to all those who are listening, uh, to another edition of big city Catholics podcast with Bishop Brennan, the ask and Bishop of Brooklyn and myself, father Chris en you, we look forward to, uh, next week we gather again, God bless.
