Daily Archives: 23 April 2008

HCWEOM 21-22: More Regulations

Getting to them: 21. In giving communion the custom of placing the particle of consecrated bread on the tongue of the communicant is to be maintained because it is based on tradition of several centuries. However: Episcopal conferences, however, may … Continue reading

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NY: Goodbye, B16; Hello, Saturn

Word from the Cassini site is an exhibit opens in New York this Saturday at the American Museum of Natural History featuring Cassini images of Saturn. As if dino skeletons weren’t enough, now you can get the solar system’s #2 … Continue reading

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HCWEOM 19-20: Regulations

… for giving Communion covers the next four sections. It’s a bit long, so let’s take it in two gulps, okay? 19. When communion is given in a church or oratory, a corporal is to be placed on the altar, which is already … Continue reading

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Marty’s Not So Bad

… seems to be the verdict from some of the reform2 crew. The two Jeffreys, the Jester and at NLM concede the point. Jeffrey Tucker: Indeed, when Marty Haugen’s Mass of Creation finally came on at the Sanctus, it was … Continue reading

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