"
I can't help but show it to you
."
At the end of the day, the man at the helm seized a piece of fabric in front of the Special Assize Court which is debating the attack in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, July 26, 2016. Monsignor Dominique Lebrun, 65 years old , presents to the professional magistrates who compose it the stole of Father Jacques Hamel slaughtered by Islamist terrorists.
He underlines that he wore it in particular at "
two important moments
", the Eucharist and absolution, in the life of a priest characterized, recalls the prelate, by two liturgical formulas: "
This is my body delivered for you
" .
and "
I forgive you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit
."
The gesture demonstrates it, it is indeed as a man of Faith that Archbishop Lebrun, also the son of a magistrate, testified on Thursday.
He also clarified: “
At the precise moment, and for a few days, I feel a little lost.
I can't control my emotions.
My mission invites me to transmit.
There we receive, we live...
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