Harold Gomes wanted us all to be brave. 'A warrior' is how his sister described him, but one who as 'tender' and 'authoritative,' she said before his funeral Mass.
As long as I knew him, he was on a ventilator and in a wheelchair, due to the afflictions of muscular dystrophy. And yet, even in the confines of his illness, he lived so freely.
On a pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, he felt a closeness to …