Corpus Christi Procession Brings Busy Manhattan Streets to a Standstill: Sacra Liturgia 2015 Conference, New York City, Day Four (Thursday, June 4)
By James Monti — The fourth and final day of the Sacra Liturgia 2015 conference in New York City brought five more distinguished speakers to the podium and concluded with an awe-inspiring Extraordinary Form Corpus Christi Mass and outdoor procession that traversed eastern Manhattan. New York Police Department officers halted traffic on three avenues to make way for “the King of Glory”, heralded by clouds of incense and enshrined in a magnificent golden sunburst monstrance carried by His Excellency Bishop Joseph Perry, an auxiliary bishop of Chicago, underneath a canopy borne by four Knights of Malta. People on street corners and standing at the doorways of shops and apartments watched speechless, some taking pictures, as the procession passed, with a…Continue Reading