Mons. Brian Nunes, auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles (United States), recalled the legacy of Mons. David O’Connell, Bishop of Irish origin murdered in 2023, and stressed that the latter is proof and testimony that the greatness of “God It makes us better. ”
“With Bishop O’Connell I know what it is to be in the presence of greatness: his generosity, his goodness, his humor, a bit difficult to measure him,” said the prelate in the Misa which presided in memory of the assassinated prelate, on Sunday, February 9 in the Iglesia St. Francis X Cabriniin Los Angeles.
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Mons. Nunes later commented on the recent Super Bowl – the final of the National Football League in which the Philadelphia Eagles won the Kansas City Chiefs for 40 to 22 -, highlighting that everyone there are very good players, which improve even more When they are next to other players of that level.
“If that happens with good players, imagine what happens in the presence of the greatness of God. In his presence we are all better”He urged.
The prelate also said that when Peter tells Jesus to leave because he is a sinner, Christ does not leave and makes him “his number one disciple and leader of his church. Being in the presence of God’s greatness makes us better. ”
In that sense, the auxiliary bishop stressed that God chooses each one with his problems and sins because he has “a plan for us, he loves us in us.”
On the other hand, the Archbishop of Los Angeles, Mons. José Gomez, He blessed and dedicated the so -called “Garden of Peace” in honor of Mons. O’Connella space where an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe and a chasuulla had been placed.
“David was a pastor of God’s people., A man of faith and compassion, whose legacy continues to inspire us. This garden is a tribute to his life and ministry, ”said the prelate of Mexican origin.
“We pray to be a peace space, where everyone who can experience can experience the presence of God , and his tireless and dedicated commitment to the service of your people. ”
Who was Monsignor David O’Connell?
Mons. David O’Connell was auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles. He died shot dead on February 18, 2023. The suspect of the crime is Carlos Medina, husband of the prelate keys.
The bishop, known as “The Pacifier,” was born in Cork, Ireland, on July 16, 1953. He formed for the priesthood in the All Hallows College, in Dublin, and was ordered for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles on June 10 of 1979.
For 45 years he dedicated himself to the service of the community afflicted by the violence of gangs and poverty in Los Angeles. Pope Francis appointed him auxiliary bishop of said archdiocese in July 2015.
His last homily was about the Virgin of Lourdes.
Walter Sánchez Silva
I am husband since 2008. With my wife we have three children here and one who went to heaven in 2023, before birth. Since I joined ACI Press in 2005, I have had the opportunity to cover various events of the Catholic Church. Among them, the World Youth Days in Colonia, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro and the apostolic trips of Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico and Pope Francis to South Korea. I have been sent to the Vatican to cover the family’s synods, in 2015; of the Amazon, in 2019 and that of Sinodality, in 2023. I follow the situation of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, which suffers the persecution of the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega, as well as the ecclesial news in the region.