[NYer]

Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke receives the staff from Bishop Joseph Naumann, administrator of the St. Louis Archdiocese, symbolizing his installation as the new Archbishop Monday afternoon at the Cathedral Basilica.

Sister Mary Andrea, of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Martyr in St. George, takes communion from Archbishop Raymond Burke Monday at the Cathedral Basilica in St. Louis.

[StAthanasiustheGreat]

I attended Mass last night with Cardinal George at Holy Name Cathedral. It was a Mass for College Students, and his homily was anything but cushy. He seemed really fired up coming from Burke's Installation. He argued that Freedom of Conscience is not the same of Freedom of Belief. That one can belief whatever you want, but that does not make it right, rather you have Freedom to form your Conscience Correctly, and to form our Conscience correctly we look at the Truth of the Church as handed down for the last 2000 years from Christ and His Apostles. It was a wonderful homily. He challenged us to form our consciences rightly, to act rightly and to live it. Really powerful homily.

[StAthanasiustheGreat]

Methinks Bishop Burke and the Episcopalian guy aren't going to get along.

[Gerish]

In his half-hour homily, Burke urged Catholics to place an image of Jesus with his exposed heart in their homes and their workplaces, and to attend daily Mass and make frequent visits to the Eucharist in area parishes.

The best advice I have heard in years! God Bless Bishop Burke!

[NYer]

"It's wonderful i'm so glad our father sent us such a wonderful Archbishop, we couldn't have asked for better." said Mary Brende, of St. Louis. Brende was attending the Celebration of the Installation of Archbishop Raymond Leo Burke at the Cathedral Basilica Of Saint Louis Monday afternoon.

Raymond Burke, Archbishop of St. Louis, leaves the pulpit after delivering his homily during mass for his installation Monday at the Cathedral Basilica.

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"To reflect the heritage of St. Louis Catholics, in addition to Latin and English, prayers were offered in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Polish, Vietnamese and Tagalog."

Woke up at midnight and watched the replay of the mass. There were some touching moments. One of the young cousins who brought up the gifts, flung himself into Burke's arms, and gave him a big hug!

The bell choir performed the Agnus Dei . In fact, all of the music was beautifully performed but that was the most inspirational.

[johnb2004]

I am happy for St. Louis. They are very fortunate. I hope and pray the rest of the country follows his lead.

[NYer]

The leader of Eastern Missouri's 14,000 Episcopalians was not impressed. "(Burke) really tried to persuade people with his moral teaching but he will find that Missourians don't take kindly to being told what to think and what to do," said Bishop G. Wayne Smith, leader of the Episcopal diocese.

I take it Bishop Smith is not a conservative Episcopalian.

[Salvation]

**In his first Mass as archbishop, Raymond Leo Burke invited St. Louis Catholics to renew their relationship with Christ through a deeper devotion to Jesus' love.**

**About a half hour after the former bishop of La Crosse, Wis., was installed, Burke called on St. Louis Catholics to strengthen their faith through devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Amen! Amen!

[sinkspur]

Among the interfaith guests at the Mass was the Rev. Gerald Kieschnick, president of the 2.6 million-member Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, based in Kirkwood.

I think it was a mistake to not even acknowledge the presence of these people, even though Burke had invited them.

[madprof98]

"(Burke) really tried to persuade people with his moral teaching but he will find that Missourians don't take kindly to being told what to think and what to do," said Bishop G. Wayne Smith, leader of the Episcopal diocese.

Evidently trying to persuade people to follow moral teaching is not a big problem for the Episcopal Church in Missouri.