Cardinal Raymond Burke, prefect emeritus of the Apostolic Signatura and archbishop emeritus of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, celebrated his first public Mass after an arduous battle with COVID-19, having been placed on a ventilator in August.
Burke gave thanks to God for his recovery at a Votive Mass of Our Lady on December 11 at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
In a particular way, Burke expressed his personal spiritual experience of feeling cared for by Our Lady of Guadalupe in his recovery, as if she were holding him in her arms.
This experience has given Burke a renewed zeal in promoting devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, as he expressed in his homily for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 13.
Afterwards, Cardinal Burke greeted many of the pilgrims present at the Masses he celebrated at the Shrine.
