LIVE – Reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris: Mgr Ulrich, Archbishop of Paris, delivers his homily
On site, our special correspondents tell…
The Archbishop of Paris opens the celebration with intense emotion, in fraternal communion with the world which is suffering, with our country whose future is uncertain, with the small and large donors, the companions who rebuilt Notre-Dame, with the priests, the faithful and the laity.
He makes the sign of the cross and sprinkles holy water on the entire assembly, then the altar and the ambo.
“I have seen the living water,” sings the mastery, hallelujah, hallelujah!
The cult is back. Notre-Dame returns to its primary vocation, that of being the home of Christians. A house that keeps its doors wide open to everyone. In each speech or homily, the point is the same: Notre-Dame is the home of all men, whatever their culture and religion. CL
