Daily Archives: 15 January 2011

OCF 397-399: Prayers for the Dead and for Mourners

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Part V, Additional Texts, completes the original OCF. (We’ll cover the 1997 appendix on Cremation, of course, once we finish here.) OCF 397 gives a listing of what follows in OCF 398, Prayers for the Dead, and 399, Prayers for … Continue reading →

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Bicker and Snicker

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A Florida priest catches hell for questioning middle-schoolers during confession. Father Waters is taking a confrontational tack here. I’m not sure he’s on solid ground liturgically or socially. On the other hand, we are talking about 7th and 8th grade … Continue reading →

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By Gum, Or Something Sacred?

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There just has to be some really interesting soap-opera-ish background to a story like this. It’s the sort of thing that erupts when a long-running feud has no other place to go but out. It could be that an act … Continue reading →

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OCF 396: Additional Hymns

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We conclude our examination of the office for the dead with this brief section of hymnody. OCF 396 advises that “(t)he following or other suitable hymns may be used …” Choice A is a slightly altered, eight-verse text of Samuel … Continue reading →

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