You can watch Cardinal Dolan’s homily from this morning’s Mass at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral here.

 Today we celebrate the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church. The Church is our mother and the Church also has a Mother and her name is Mary. The beautiful title of Mother of the Church has been around for a long time, but it was Pope Francis who made it a feast day. At Pentecost, Mary was there with the Apostles when the Church was born, so it makes sense that we celebrate her the following day.