tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504941035373421150.post2484367302418758411..comments2023-07-09T00:34:41.765-07:00Comments on Love the Tradition: In ParadisumFr Ravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17787765571125444119noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504941035373421150.post-46062926481942938802010-11-11T14:20:48.319-08:002010-11-11T14:20:48.319-08:00I, too have observed how deaths come in threes. Wh...I, too have observed how deaths come in threes. When one comes, I now wait for the next two, and it is remarkable how often it comes out like that.Pastor in Montehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05949810648656544072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7504941035373421150.post-88329313622673622422010-11-10T03:29:18.992-08:002010-11-10T03:29:18.992-08:00Yes Father, Requiescant in Pace.
One of the thing...Yes Father, <i>Requiescant in Pace</i>.<br /><br />One of the things we have lost since Vat II and the vernacular liturgy is the practice of people having their own Missals! It began at First Communion when you received a Children’s Missal bound in white. Later, you progressed to an ‘adult’ Missal, probably around Confirmation time.<br /><br />While the Missal helped you to follow the Mass in Latin and provided you with useful prayers and devotions, it served another purpose too: a repository for <i>In Memoriam</i> cards of your deceased relatives and friends. This served as a constant reminder of those who had gone before, the need to pray for them always – and your own mortality.<br /><br />Yes, we have been short-changing the Holy Souls in Purgatory for a lot of years and we need to return to praying for the repose of their souls. And not just in November - but every day. It is a work of charity, affirming the Mystical Body of Christ. There’s also some ‘self-interest’ in it as one day - mostly likely - we too will need those prayers ourselves.GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.com