Ordination of two priests ‘day of great joy’

Lying prostrate before the altar of the Cathedral of the Incarnation, the prayers of the hundreds of people in the pews singing the Litany of Supplication washed over Fathers Rodolfo Rivera and Daniel Steiner. “To be able to experience the affection when you prostrate yourself, the feeling of the entire church praying for you” was one of the highlights of his priestly ordination, said Father Rivera. Bishop David Choby ordained the two newest priests for the Diocese of Nashville on Friday, June 3. “This is a day of great joy for everyone in the Diocese of Nashville,” said Bishop Choby, who thanked the families of the two men. “In many ways you have contributed to the men they are, who have so generously given of themselves” to serve the people of the diocese.