Msgr. McGlynn was known for his beautiful liturgies and his eloquent preaching. He might have said the following when Mother Maddalena was at his St. Stephen’s Church:
The Easter day is a beautiful type of the eternal repose for which our hearts are yearning after the storms of time. And so the flowers and the music that so appropriately are invited to gladden the hearts as they cheer the senses of men on this blessed day seem but to typify the coming home of the soul of man.