“One of the first readings was of Saint Paul saying God chose those who come from nothing to shame those who are something, so no one can boast of God,” Kriz said. “I said ‘I know that most of you folks are very important and have big positions, and I have mostly just been an associate working in the parish. But you need to hear this reading and hear from the sweet lady who irons all our altar wear who talks about when she was still a young mother that her neighbor would chase her kids with a knife.”

Source: Los Angeles Times May 03, 2019 22:09 UTC