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737  Forums / Everything Else / Re: Emoticons on: December 23, 2014, 02:30:12 AM
 :teaandcoffee: teapot hotcoffee lovemug teaparty faint
738  Forums / Book Study / Re: Nican Mopohua on: December 22, 2014, 12:25:03 PM
I like how she doesn't say "if you come back tomorrow....",
or " would you like to come back....", or " I hope you come back....",
Our Blessed Mother says," You will come back tomorrow..."
 We used to have a priest who talked like that.  It wasn't said like an order,
it sounded more like a prediction. Cheesy One just couldn't  refuse! Little Angel
739  Forums / Prayer Requests / Re: In the Hospital on: December 22, 2014, 03:26:53 AM
Hail Mary, full of grace,The Lord is with you.
Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, mother of God,
pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.
Amen!
740  Forums / Prayer Requests / Re: Please pray for all with mental illness on: December 22, 2014, 03:23:00 AM
1 You who dwell in the shelter of the Most High,
          who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,
2 Say to The Lord, "my refuge and fortress,
          my God in whom I trust."
3 God will rescue you from the fowler's snare,
         from the destroying plague,
4 Will shelter you with pinions,
         spread wings that you may take refuge;
         God's faithfulness is a protecting shield.
5 You shall not fear the terror of the night
          nor the arrow that flies by day

excerpt from psalm 91
741  Forums / Prayer Requests / Re: Catechism Class on: December 22, 2014, 03:05:38 AM
Jesus, I trust in you!
742  Forums / Prayer Requests / Re: An Appeal on Behalf of the Holy Souls on: December 22, 2014, 02:56:46 AM
Oh! My apologies, I meant for this to go in  the departed souls prayer request!
 Roll Eyes
743  Forums / Prayer Requests / Re: An Appeal on Behalf of the Holy Souls on: December 22, 2014, 02:52:54 AM
O merciful God, take  pity on those souls who have no particular friend or intercessor to recommend them to thee.
Who, either by neglect  or the passage of time have been forgotten by their friends and by all.
Spare them, oh Lord, and remember thine own mercies  when we forget to appeal to them.

May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

 flower flower flower thrones tiny angel angel blue angel yellow cherubim
744  Forums / Submissions / Re: Great O Antiphons on: December 21, 2014, 12:14:14 PM
"O Oriens"

 O Dawn,

 splendor of eternal light,
 
and sun of justice,

 come and shine,

 on those seated in darkness,

 and in the shadow of death.
745  Forums / Catholic General Discussion / Risen Christ processional cross on: December 21, 2014, 03:09:56 AM
My parish is 100 years old and has both pre and post Vatican II items in our sanctuary. We still retain the original altar and  tabernacle, providing a spectacular residing place for Our Lord, but in the 70's a new processional cross with matching candle holders got purchased by the Priest at that time.
 The processional  cross is one of those risen Christ designs.  Huh?  I guess they were popular in some parishes back then?
The  Church's original crucifix got propped in a corner to become corroded and  was later damaged from falling over.  I'm not trying to paint an image of carelessness and  neglect, this is an old building with old liturgical supplies piling up from changes made over the years
and the majority of parishioners are farmers from the dust bowl days who learned to never throw anything out.

  I am on the parish council and  was told by our newest Priest that while he wasn't going to force us to get  a crucifix, what we have is not proper for mass. 
 I couldn't agree more and went to the council about this and as providence would have it, we will soon receive a lovely processional crucifix from a Parish which is unfortunately closing in a neighboring county.  We plan to give them a donation for this, it is a wonderful solution,  has divine intervention all over it!
Well.... The news is out and I am getting a lot of  Angry Angry
These are ladies I am on the altar society with, and with whom I work with preparing funeral dinners, etc. I care for them like family and also get annoyed as if they were my own.  I want to have some answers for them when they approach me on this and I need ( because Father told me I had to Grin) to answer with love and compassion.  I feel like  brick wall that I need to come up with a reason for a Catholic to want a Crucifix instead of a resurrectifix!  I need your prayers and guidance because Satan would like a chance to jump in on this.
I have been in tears, and angry over what I see as a rejection of the thing that makes us Catholic ( our Lord's passion)and a very profound and beautiful beginning/end to Mass.  The crucifix leads the way! Thank The Lord, tears and outward anger were just while talking to Father about my resentments and so far the slights I have committed have been amended toward those harmed.
   I think part of the problem is this church went from very traditional to sort of dragged into the Novus Ordo mass, complete with having the marble communion rail taken down. The members, most of them are long timers and endured some trauma from splits within the congregation over this. I missed this whole change as I have only recently joined the church and had floated around as a kid having no problem with Vatican II. It is all I ever knew, and I watched it from the outside, as a non Catholic in a Catholic school.
   I may have problems with not understanding what they went through, but on the other hand, I am attracted to the very traditional Catholic mass, none of which is offered here and I am helping to restore some of that which was lost.
  So if you can lead me to any Saint's truths, sources that I can cite, I would appreciate it. Also some older Catholic wisdom, please! I am an old worn out lady but I am a baby in the Church and my Godmother cannot be of much help in this one!
God bless you! crucifix

746  Forums / Prayer Requests / For the homeless on Christmas night on: December 21, 2014, 01:30:14 AM
Please  pray for all those on our streets this Christmas; the addicted, despairing, those feeling trapped in hopeless situations with no way out.
As they look upon all those Christmas symbols around them, especially Nativity scenes and  as they wander past parishes lit up for midnight Mass, may they feel the peace of Christ in their hearts and realize the solution to all their troubles lies in seeking His Face.
  May they be received with kindness and treated in dignity  wherever they seek shelter for the night.  May they rise the next morning with a new desire to turn their lives and their will over to the care of A loving God through our Lord, Jesus, and our Blessed Mother.
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747  Forums / Prayer Requests / Re: In the Hospital on: December 21, 2014, 12:48:33 AM
Remember, oh most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known, that anyone who fled to your protection,
 implored your help or sought your intercession was left unaided. 
Inspired by this confidence, I fly to you, my mother.
To you I come, before you I stand, sinful and sorrowful.
O Mother of the  Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but hear and answer my prayer.
Amen.
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748  Forums / Submissions / Re: Great O Antiphons on: December 20, 2014, 12:04:20 PM
"O Clavis David"

O Key of David
and scepter of the house of Isreal,
you open, and no one shuts,
you shut and no one opens:
Come and lead the prisoner from jail,
seated in darkness
and in the shadow of death.
749  Forums / Submissions / Great O Antiphons on: December 20, 2014, 03:59:47 AM
I wish I had started this with the first one,  but here is what was in my
Friday morning email, it is unfortunately too early to post today's yet!
Friday December 19:
"O Radix Jesse"

"O root of Jesse,
Who stand as a sign for the people,
Kings stand  silent in your presence,
Whom the nations will worship,
Come set us free,
Put it off no longer"
750  Forums / Prayer Requests / Re: For the rest of the soul of Madeline Vennari on: December 20, 2014, 03:41:09 AM
May her soul rest in peace cross prayer
May the soul of Madeline Vennari and the souls of all the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Amen. cross prayer
751  Forums / Saints' & Spiritual Life General Discussion / Re: Quote for the Night on: December 20, 2014, 03:36:58 AM
St.Monica pray for me! popeyes
752  Forums / Saints' & Spiritual Life General Discussion / Re: Favorite Liturgical Colour on: December 19, 2014, 09:28:25 PM
I picked white and gold as a pretty pair, then black because it looks so stark.  aside from the liturgical significance I  have to admit I just like how they look on the altar and the priest. A mass with the presiding priest in really spectacular vestments adds so much to the mass. :principalities: angel bell :principalities: angel bell

I am on our parish's ladies guild and part of our job is caring for those things.  harp angel bell
We still have the big pre-Vatican II altar containing the Tabernacle and a newer one further in front where the Priest stands so we hang lots of color up there.
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