They came.
They sang.
The ate at 150.
But before all that partying Sunday on the 150th anniversary of founding of the historic Sacred Heart Catholic Church at Utica Road and Gratiot in Roseville, MI., they were planting, hoeing, picking, growing, weeding and watching faith grow.
Hundreds gathered Sunday to mark a milestone for the people and edifice that serves as a city on a hill. . .a beacon in the community stooping low to lift up life where it may be met.
From a mere thirty-five families back during the Civil War days in history, a pastor and his people moved north on Gratot's gravel toward Erin, a town now called Roseville. They planted, grew and celebrated faith Sunday with Allen Vigneron, Archbishop of Detroit, and crowds of people in the edifice on the corner that shines hope these days. "Wherever the bishop is the people are," a Church Father said centuries ago.
Street people, and bag people, and young and old gathered for the festivities in and outside the historic building.
Later, in the Eastpointe Manor, they partied some more and ate pasta and chicken and chocolate cake.
They laughed. Paused. Planted a story or a joke. Swallowed. They drank fresh water and
crispy bread.
God is good all the time, all the time God is good, one partygoer told me.
And, another said: "Don't worry about tomorrow, God is already there." God is. Bring on 151.
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