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Tag Archives: Good Friday
Good Friday – fast and abstinence
Most of us here are bound by the Church’s law to fast and abstain today.
What’s your plan?
Technorati Tags: abstinence, fast, Good Friday
LENTCAzT 45 Good Friday
Today is Good Friday. Today’s podcast is a little longer, so that we can look at a few more dimensions of this special day.
We hear today about the ancient Roman Station and a great insight about it by Bl. John … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Good Friday prayer for the Pope during “Sede Vacante”
When there is no Pope, priests and bishops have to pay attention during the Eucharistic Prayer to omit the name of the Pope.
I received a question today:
If we are still Sede Vacante on Good Friday, is the intercession … Continue reading
A reader about a parish with confessions on Good Friday
From a reader:
I had to tell you about what happened at our parish ___ this Good Friday. We had confessions on Good Friday for the first time that I can remember since coming here in the early 1990s. Not only … Continue reading
A Good Friday Liturgy intercession in the light of our current concerns
In light of the current circumstances we face as Catholics, as people of all faiths, and as American citizens, this is excerpted from the Good Friday intercession prayers in the Ordinary Form:
IX. For those in public office
Let us pray also … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: The scheduling of Good Friday and Holy Thursday in the Extraordinary Form
I will let you liturgical experts and interested dabblers provide this good reader with some help.
I may be missing something, but I can’t see much of a problem. You readers might see differently.
From a reader:
A question for you and your … Continue reading
WDTPRS REVISITED: The “new” Good Friday prayer for Jews inserted into the 1962MR
Later today, I will participate in the Good Friday service in the Extraordinary Form. Thank you, Holy Father for Summorum Pontificum.
During the Good Friday service, there are many intercessory prayers. One of them is for the Jews. Over the decades, … Continue reading
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Tagged Benedict XVI, Good Friday, Prayer for the Jews, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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WDTPRS Good Friday: cruor… streaming gore
Cruor has a precise meaning: “Blood (which flows from a wound), a stream of blood (more restricted in meaning than sanguis, which designates both that circulating in bodies and that shed by wounding).
ORATIO:
Reminiscere miserationum tuarum, Domine,
et famulos tuos aeterna protectione … Continue reading
Major League Baseball – another Good Friday blown save
There are quite a few Major League Baseball games scheduled for tonight, but there is just one scheduled during the day at the time Good Friday services are on: 2:20 PM ET in Chicago: Dodgers at Cubs at Wrigley.
I honor … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged bad taste, Chicago, Chicago Cubs, Good Friday, Major League Baseball, MLB, Wrigley Field
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Confessions during the Triduum
Each year one sees confusion about the Sacrament of Penance during the Triduum.
Some priests, liturgical experts, and even diocesan liturgy offices wrongly claim the rubrics of the Missal or “Sacramentary” forbid the sacrament of Penance.
However, this claim is incorrect.
Here is … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick
Tagged Good Friday, sacrament of penance, Triduum
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