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The Shrine Church of Saint Bernadette
Photos by New York Scugnizzo
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A handful of parishioners braved the cold Friday for the Rorate Caeli Mass in honor of the Blessed Mother at the Shrine Church of Saint Bernadette in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. An Advent tradition, the extraordinarily beautiful Mass, mixed with Latin plainchant, was celebrated by candlelight with Pastor Msgr. Thomas Caserta. The service concluded (despite my poor singing voice) with a moving rendition of O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, one of my favorite recessional Hymns.
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| Large candelabra lined the aisle |
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| Before Mass, I said my intercessory prayers to (left) San Francesco di Paola, (right) San Rocco, San Gerardo, Santa Rita and the Madonna del Carmine |
