Holy Spirit’s gifts can guide the work of law, homilist says at annual Red Mass

October 9, 2024 | OSV News

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Photo Caption: Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory receives the offertory gifts from law school students at local universities during the annual Red Mass at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington Oct. 6, 2024. The Red Mass, sponsored by the John Carroll Society of the Archdiocese of Washington, is celebrated on the day before the opening of the Supreme Court’s term and seeks prayers for God’s guidance and blessings for those involved in the nation’s system of law and justice. (OSV News photo/Christopher Newkumet, John Carroll Society)

WASHINGTON (OSV News) — Just as the nation’s founders relied on God’s providence, so too must all those serving in the U.S. legal profession and government today depend on the gifts of the Holy Spirit, said the homilist during the 72nd annual Red Mass Oct. 6 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington.

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