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SEE IMAGES of the Graffiti: https://www.catholicnewsworld.com/2022/11/bishop-robert-barron-pledges-to-bless.html
Bishop Barron prayed:
Lord...forgetting the harsh judgment we rightly
deserve and remembering only the mercy
of your loving Redemption
deign to purify and to reconcile this
resting place of your pilgrims, who look
for a haven in your heavenly Kingdom and
may you finally awaken the bodies of
those who are or will be buried here by
the power and the glory of your
Resurrection to Incorruptible Glory. Calling them forth not to condemnation
but to unending happiness
we ask this of you who are coming to
judge both the living and the dead and
the world by fire. Amen"
Bishop Barron wrote:
Friends, as many of you are aware, on Halloween night Calvary Cemetery in Rochester was vandalized. Those profane marks have now been removed, and we wanted to make sure the cemetery was spiritually cleansed as well. I performed the Rite for Reconciling a Profaned Cemetery. As a part of this rite, we prayed the Litany of the Saints, read Psalm 50, sprinkled holy water across cemetery grounds and all places where the deceased were profaned, and concluded in prayer.
This vandalism is an affront to not only common decency but to those families who, as a work of mercy, placed the remains of their loved ones in a place where prayers could be offered and their memory could be cherished.
Most Merciful Father, deign to purify and to reconcile this resting place of your pilgrims, who look for a haven in your heavenly kingdom.
Friends, as many of you are aware, on Halloween night Calvary Cemetery in Rochester was vandalized. Those profane marks have now been removed, and we wanted to make sure the cemetery was spiritually cleansed as well. I performed the Rite for Reconciling a Profaned Cemetery. As a part of this rite, we prayed the Litany of the Saints, read Psalm 50, sprinkled holy water across cemetery grounds and all places where the deceased were profaned, and concluded in prayer.
This vandalism is an affront to not only common decency but to those families who, as a work of mercy, placed the remains of their loved ones in a place where prayers could be offered and their memory could be cherished.
Most Merciful Father, deign to purify and to reconcile this resting place of your pilgrims, who look for a haven in your heavenly kingdom.
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