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The Confessions of a Gay Altar Boy
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Kerry on November 04, 2007, 09:25:29 am ---David, did you ever serve on the altar for Benediction? I loved Benediction 'cause I got to be in charge of the incense! ;D I'd really pile the incense on big-time and swing that thurible high when the priest lifted the ornate, gilt monstrance in blessing. Benediction was very popular with the seniors and they really enjoyed belted out "Nearer My God to Thee" at Benediction. I used to serve at Benediction every Wednesday and Friday evening. I believe the Second Vatican Council put an end to it. Shame, because it was a beautiful old ceremony, very colourful, and gave a great deal of comfort to the older parishioners, approaching the end of their lives.
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OMG, Roman Catholics singing "Nearer, My God, to Thee"! Who knew? ;D
Kerry:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on November 05, 2007, 10:08:12 am ---OMG, Roman Catholics singing "Nearer, My God, to Thee"! Who knew? ;D
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Yep, Nearer my God to Thee was sung at Benediction every Wednesday and Friday evening at St Patrick's on Church Hill in Sydney. Along with O Sanctissima and The Beatitudes. The program never varied. And that was just how the old folks liked it. Back in those distant days, the Marist Fathers ran St Pat's. Looking back, it all appears quite surreal. The Marists in their quizzical black birettas, topped with pom-poms. Me in my cassock and pretty lace surplice. Did I really live through that or is it all just a strange, exotic dream? It was all soooooo long ago.
O Sanctissima, O Piissima
Dulcis Virgo Maria
Mater amata, Intemerata
Ora, Ora Pro Nobis
(O most holy, O most lowly
Sweet Virgin Mary
Beloved Mother, undefiled
Pray, pray for us!)
One could equally ask why a Marian hymn was being sung at what is, essentially, the Eucharistic celebration of Benediction. I guess only God and the Marists can answer that question!
Shakesthecoffecan:
Okay, so what do you do about communion if you are gluetin intolerant?
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Shakestheground on November 06, 2007, 08:57:04 am ---Okay, so what do you do about communion if you are gluetin intolerant?
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You find a parish that uses gluten-free hosts. I'm sure they make 'em.
Shakesthecoffecan:
That would be an inneresting converstion. That leads my tangential mind toward hostess twinkies, which I have lived long enough to despise. ;D
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