{"id":87535,"date":"2026-10-19T08:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T12:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=87535"},"modified":"2026-10-19T08:58:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T12:58:32","slug":"priest-gave-sermon-on-spontaneity-of-ddeath-just-before-falling-crucifix-killed-him-during-livestreamed-mass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/priest-gave-sermon-on-spontaneity-of-ddeath-just-before-falling-crucifix-killed-him-during-livestreamed-mass\/","title":{"rendered":"Priest Gave Sermon On Spontaneity Of Death Just Before Falling Crucifix Killed Him During Livestreamed Mass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>New York Post (tabloid):<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/priest-father-patricio-alfredo-s-145579652.jpg?w=731\" alt=\"Father Patricio Alfredo S\u00e1nchez Molinari leading Mass before a large cross falls on him.\" width=\"234\" height=\"328\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Catholic priest who was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/18\/world-news\/catholic-priest-killed-by-falling-crucifix-during-livestreamed-mass\/\">killed by a falling crucifix over the weekend<\/a> in Ecuador had been giving a sermon about the fleeting nature of life just before the freak accident was caught live on camera.<\/p>\n<p>Father Patricio S\u00e1nchez Molinari, of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in southern <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/22\/lifestyle\/americans-warned-of-kidnapping-extortion-as-violent-crime-grips-parts-of-south-america\/\">Guayaquil<\/a>, was reflecting on the words of Jesus when he told his congregation they should not waste their lives scrolling on their phones and instead dedicate them to God and their loved ones.\u00a0\u201cOne day, all of us here will also die, and sometimes the time we\u2019ve spent on things doesn\u2019t have as much meaning as the time we spend with God,\u201d he said. \u201cThe quality time we give to God, to our brothers and sisters, to our husbands, wives, children, and family\u2014 that time is the best spent,\u201d Molinari added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From New York Post (tabloid): The Catholic priest who was killed by a falling crucifix over the weekend in Ecuador.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87535"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87535\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87539,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87535\/revisions\/87539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}