I told her, and her response was striking. However, in other countries-including Latin rite celebrations in the United States-blue is not an approved liturgical color. In Spain, for example, blue vestments are sometimes used on the feast of the Immaculate Conception. The answer is that in some countries, it is. At one point, she turned to me and asked whether the blue is an appropriate color for liturgical vestments. One aspect of our interaction remained hidden from viewers though, because it happened off camera, and it made a lasting impression on me. It was easy to see why her show was so popular with EWTN viewers! All through the program, she used quips and zingers, and the two of us quickly established a delightful banter. Her use of humor was particularly striking. I found her a charming television host and a good interviewer. On a personal note, I had the good fortune to meet Mother Angelica some years ago when I appeared on her TV program Mother Angelica Live to discuss my book Mass Confusion: The Do’s and Don’ts of Catholic Worship. I met Mother Angelica only a few times, but each time I was in her presence I thought, “Here’s an American original and a winsome Catholic.” She always brought to mind Finley Peter Dunne’s quip about “comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable.” That was Mother Angelica in spades. The prayers of the Catholic Answers staff and the broader Catholic Answers family are with Mother and with the EWTN family she leaves behind.Ĭatholic Answers’ founder, Karl Keating, had this to say: The reach of our apostolate would not be nearly so wide were it not for Mother Angelica. Junipero Serra.Īt Catholic Answers we have a special debt to Mother and the network she founded, for it is on the EWTN radio network that most of the broadcasting of Catholic Answers Live is heard. I think of such men as Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy of Santa Fe, Bishop Francis Kelley, Fr. Historians will one day place her alongside other great American Catholic heroes who devoted their lives to the spread of the faith on these shores. Mother Angelica was a lioness of the New Evangelization. After learning the news, Catholic Answers’ president, Christopher Check, said:
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