Memorial Mass recalls those lost to COVID-19, offers solace for mourners
Mar 15, 2021 catholic news service
Worshippers pray during a bilingual memorial Mass March 13, 2021, for parishioners who have died from COVID-19 at St. John-Visitation Church in the Bronx borough of New York. Many members of the parish community were infected by the coronavirus, including over 50 who succumbed to it. (Credit: Gregory A. Shemitz/CNS.)
As names of their loved ones lost to COVID-19 were read from the altar at St. John-Visitation Church, a muted gong sounded and dozens of people made their way up the sun-drenched main aisle to receive a memorial taper lit from the pascal candle.