CNA Staff, Sep 14, 2020 / 11:00 am
A Canadian bishop has announced a month-long prayer of reparation after the cathedral's tabernacle was stolen and later found dumped in a nearby canal.
Bishop Gerard Bergie of the Diocese of St. Catharines, Ontario, requested on September 11 that Catholics offer a prayer of reparation from Monday, Sept. 14--the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross--until Monday, October 12, which is the date of Canada's Thanksgiving holiday.
"The Blessed Sacrament has been desecrated and our Eucharistic Lord has been harmed at the hands of thieves," said Bergie in the letter. "When this happens, the Church in her wisdom asks that we make reparation for the harm that has been done."
In addition to the prayer, Bergie requested that the priests of his diocese celebrate a Mass in honor of the Blessed Sacrament once a week.