To: EggsAckley; All
Feb. 2, became known as the Feast of the PresentationHow many Roman Catholics remember going to Church on the Feast of Saint Blaze to get their Throats Blessed with special Crossed Candles???
9 posted on
02/04/2004 10:00:48 AM PST by
Lael
(http://fourthturning.com)
To: Lael
I remember
11 posted on
02/04/2004 3:03:23 PM PST by
Mo1
(Join the dollar a day crowd now!)
To: Lael
They still do that. I got my throat blessed yesterday.
12 posted on
02/04/2004 3:06:21 PM PST by
Pyro7480
("We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid" - Benjamin Franklin)
To: Lael
Our pastor who retired three years ago did. He blessed all of us every Candlemas. Our interim pastor last year blessed our throats and had us bring candles from home to be blessed. New pastor was on retreat, I wonder if he will keep our Catholic traditions.
15 posted on
02/04/2004 4:14:07 PM PST by
pbear8
(no complaining...Thanks be to God)
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