“The Ark of the Covenant represented the presence of God with the people God had chosen. … It went with him everywhere. The God of Israel accompanied his people in every situation,” Bishop Dennis Sullivan preached Aug. 15 to a crowd of 1,000 gathered in Etess Arena, inside the Hard Rock Hotel in Atlantic City.
“Our Catholic tradition, sisters and brothers, refers to Mary as the Ark of the Covenant,” Bishop Sullivan said. “Just as the Ark of the Covenant in the time of Israel represented the presence of God, dwelling with his people, Mary carried within herself the Son of God, Jesus, who is the presence of God in human flesh, flesh he took from the womb of Mary. … She bears Jesus, she bears him to us, to you and to me.”
At the Mass he celebrated with the Parish of Saint Monica, Bishop Sullivan was joined by a concelebrating priests, including pastor, Fr. Kevin Mohan. as well as seminarians of the Diocese. After Mass, hundreds of faithful processed to the beach for the ancient Italian tradition of the Wedding of the Sea in which the Bishop blesses both the city and the ocean.
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