I could rattle off a ton of adjectives to describe yesterday’s consecration of four new bishops in the Polish National Catholic Church – but simply put, it was powerful.

For me, the act of consecration and everything associated with it was the moment of continuity; the unbroken line of succession back to Christ and His apostles. Election, presentation, consecration.

The thing that brought me a moment of joy was watching the Prime Bishop’s face as the Hymn of the Polish National Catholic Church, Through the Years (Tyle Lat) was sung. Generally, the Hymn is sung at the end of every PNCC Holy Mass using the first and last verse. Yesterday, all the verses were sung, at full power, by 1,000 voices in the mother church of the PNCC, St. Stanislaus cathedral. The Prime Bishop had such a beautiful smile, and joy of hearing the unified proclamation of the Church was evident on his face. I’ll post the words of the Hymn later today.

The act that brought a tear to my eyes was the exchange of peace. My new Bishop, Anthony Mikovsky, went to his wife and hugged her. It was poignant and loving.