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Article: Homily of farewell for Cardinal Bernardin. (Cardinal Joseph Bernardin)(excepted from funeral homily)(Transcript)
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- National Catholic Reporter
- Article date:
- December 6, 1996
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Msgr. Kenneth Velo, longtime aide and friend of Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, was asked by the cardinal to deliver the homily at his funeral Mass. The following are excerpts from Velo's homily.
Whether you're in the first pew or the 30th pew of this great cathedral, whether you're participating through the public address system or seated in the auditorium, whether you're listening on the radio as you travel the Dan Ryan Expressway or sitting in a kitchen in Rogers Park, whether you're watching television coverage of this funeral service in a nursing home in Waukegan, a living room in Calumet City or a classroom on Chicago's West Side - today, this day, you are all ...