As you may know, the name “Cohen” in Hebrew means “priest,” or “a member of the priestly class, having certain rights and duties in the synagogue.”
Father Ray Kelly, a priest of another tradition, took full advantage of his rights in performing his duties at a recent wedding at his parish in Meath, Ireland. He quickly went viral on YouTube. The bride and groom had no idea it was coming, but they and the rest of the congregation loved it.
Since he used my favorite Leonard Cohen tune, I thought I’d share.
By the way, according to the Irish Times, Fr. Kelly is “planning on releasing a charity album to coincide with his 25th year since being ordained.”
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Brad, Fr. Kelly and Leonard Cohen added two more bright spots to the day. Thank you!
Yuck. It made me want to scratch myself!
Catholics need to embrace their gorgeous musical tradition: Renaissance music! No humming and strumming!
I agree. What’s next? Pope Francis singing “Sexual Healing” as “Secular Healing”?
this:
Wow, talk about your stick-in-the-mud traditionalists! Next, y’all are going to want to bring back the Inquisition!
But I don’t think of the Pope as a “Sexual Healing” guy. As a South American, I think of him more as a Sergio Mendes kind of guy…
OK, that’s Brazilian and in Portuguese, and the Pope is a Spanish-speaker from Argentina. But I couldn’t think of any good Argeninian pop-culture references. Other than Webber’s “Evita”…
Totally aside, y’all should really go watch that “Evita” clip. Patti LuPone was awesome in that. Mandy Patinkin, too…
And was she hot singing “Buenos Aires,” or what?
Just to help you kids follow along — Patti LuPone was Frank Rossitano’s mom on “30 Rock.”
How about Mark Sanford on soul mates?
Wonderful and inspirational song. Well rendered. Thanks for sharing that.
See, Stan liked it. And he ain’t even Catholic… 🙂