Daily Archives: 26 November 2008

A Thanksgiving Lectionary Cycle

Posted on 26 November 2008 by catholicsensibility

Every missal and missalette publisher contributes their suggestions to the choice of readings for tomorrow’s American holiday. Some priests and liturgists vary from those offerings, and some readings pop up year after year. The Lectionary offers options for Masses of … Continue reading →

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Coraline is Cool

Posted on 26 November 2008 by catholicsensibility

The young miss needed a 150-page book for a book report. And she needed it quick, so we were off to the library Monday to find a tome, not made into a movie, at least 150 pages, and not lame. … Continue reading →

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PCS 117-118: Instruction and Mercy

Posted on 26 November 2008 by catholicsensibility

After the ritual greeting (PCS 115) and the optional sprinkling rite (116), the priest quotes the letter of James in an “instruction” to the sick and those present: My dear friends, we are gathered here in the name of our … Continue reading →

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