Daily Archives: 1 October 2010

OCF 136: Funeral Mass Without Rite of Reception

There is a procedure if the body has already been received at the church, say, for a vigil: 136. If the rite of reception has already taken place, the funeral Mass begins in the usual way and the funeral liturgy … Continue reading

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New Testament Canticles

The Anglicans have a nice collection of the most poetic passages in the New Testament, covering what Catholics will find in their breviaries, and a bit more. In the post below on a funeral entrance song, I was thinking the … Continue reading

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