“Our hearts are heavy today,” Archbishop Gomez said. “We have lost a beloved friend and a holy priest.”
At noon, the 3,000-seat sanctuary at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles was about half-filled with worshippers ready to get the traditional cross rubbed into their foreheads.
“I know that he is as eager to help us from heaven,” Gomez said, “as he was eager to help us here on earth.” A picture of Bishop David O’Connell as Deacon Jesse Martinez marks the symbol of the cross on peoples foreheads during Ash Wednesday at St. John Vianney Catholic Church in Hacienda Heights on Wednesday, February 22, 2023. Bishop David O’Connell who once preached at the church was shot and killed Saturday inside his home just down the road.
Alma Leticia Lopez prays over a picture of the late Bishop David O’Connell, who was murdered, after Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles on, February 22, 2023. A solemn Archbishop José Gomez presides over Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles on, February 22, 2023 after the murder of Bishop David O’Connell.
Conchita Morente attends Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles on, February 22, 2023.
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