Father Marcelo Leite quoted the song “Ovelha Negra” and said that “only Rita Lee can save us in these difficult times”
A seventh day mass of the singer Rita Lee was celebrated in the early afternoon of this Tuesday 16, in the São Paulo chapel, São Pedro, in the south of the city. About 280 people attended the ceremony.
Rita’s widower, the musician Robert de Carvalhoand their three sons, Antônio, João and Beto, as well as relatives and fans.
At the end of the ceremony, Roberto spoke briefly with the press.
“In the last few days we have been hit by a tsunami of love and affection. And what generated all this was my love, my beloved, that I hope I can see all this wherever I am,” said the musician, very excited, and thanking the singer’s fans.
João Lee also reminded the fans of this. “Rita always did everything with her fans in mind. She loved them,” she said Stadium.
Virginia, Rita’s 78-year-old sister, insisted on greetings from everyone present.
“That (talking to fans) has also always been a part of my life. And they’ve never been wrong with Rita,” she told the report.
Father Marcelo Francisco Leite, chosen by the family to preside over the ceremony, declared upon his arrival that he had always been a fan of Rita. Mentioned as favorite song the song Black sheep. “Rita’s work is profound because Rita was a deep and meditative woman. Rita can save us in these difficult times,” she said.
During the ceremony, punctuated by Gregorian chant, at the request of the singer’s family, the priest quoted the chant again Black sheep. “Jesus was also a black sheep, because he wasn’t understood. Jesus was the ‘black sheep’ of the family. And who doesn’t have one in the family?” he commented. “Rita was a rebel who grew up in troubled times,” she added.
During the homily he also said: “God is Rita’s greatest admirer, because he created her and her work has manifested many teachings”.
Rita, a devotee of Santa Rita de Cássia, was heavily criticized by the Catholic Church when, in the late 1990s, she dressed in a costume of Our Lady of Aparecida during the opening of a concert by Rolling Stones in Brazil. In response, the singer composed the song “Santa Rita de Sampa”.
Rita had a collection of saints at home. Your new book A new autobiographyin which he recounts his fight against cancer, will be released on May 22, the day of Santa Rita de Cássia.
Source: Terra
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