POPE JOHN PAUL, II HAS DIED OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM VATICAN IMMINENT (Breaking Nws) 9:37 PM Rome 4/2

FOX news | April 2, 2005

[MeekOneGOP]

This Holy mans death is a great loss to the world.

Yes, it certainly is, Potlatch.

If the Catholic Church can find someone only HALF as
good as Pope John Paul II, they have really done GOOD! :)

[BigSkyFreeper]

"Be Not Afraid", such a lovely and fitting poem for his final days here on Earth. I believe the Holy Father taught all of us, to not fear death these last few days.

[jbarkley]

I'd like to think they are walking together like this in Heaven right now.

[eastsider]

In the summer, all the Saturday evening Sunday vigil masses I'm familiar with occur before sunset, which practice doesn't have any tradition to back it up. Still, if the Church says that those summer vigil masses satisfy the Sunday obligation, then they do. In fact, the Church takes liberties with the calendar all the time, such as we see this year when Easter in the West falls before Passover. The issue is de minimis.

[anonymoussierra]

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[DoughtyOne]

To all the Catholic Freepers, I extend my condolences for your loss. Here's hoping that the selection process lofts a good replacement.

D1

[luvie]

Maybe you just need a hug!

[jragan2001]

I second that posting also.

[Schwaeky]

Christopher Hitchens is a disgusting anti-catholic, anti-spiritual goon. He's a ultra left liberal who holds nothing sacred--and a socialist. If it wasn't insulting to a band I like greatly, I'd say he was a knight in satan's service.

[neocon]

If Easter (and other high feasts, BTW, like Christmas) gets the dignity of a vigil, then it's not hard to see why Sunday, the "little Easter," may get the same.

That's essentially correct.

Following the Jewish tradition of having the Sabbath begin at sunset of the previous evening, our Sunday celebration begins with First Vespers (Evening Prayer) on Saturday, and ends with Compline on Sunday night. A Mass which fulfills the Sunday obligation can be celebrated any time in between. The Vigil Mass was more common in ancient times than in more recent centuries, and the practice was revived by the Second Vatican Council, which also recommended an increased public celebration of the Liturgy of the Hours.

Vespers is nominally said around sunset or at 6pm, but there's a good deal of flexibility allowed, especially if pastoral considerations recommend an earlier time. The major hours of Lauds and Vespers can also be combined with Mass, which essentially means a recitation of three psalms (with antiphons) and the appropriate Gospel Canticle (Benedictus for Lauds or Magnificat for Vespers) after Communion.

I have found that the public celebration of the Hours is fairly rare outside of religious communities in the States, but major churches in Europe, e.g., London's Westminster Cathedral, do maintain this ancient practice, which goes back at least to St. Augustine.

As you probably know, there is a table of precedence for various feasts. This week is one continuous celebration of Easter Sunday, which does not end until Vespers tomorrow evening, and this takes precedence over all other potential feasts. This Sunday, which used to be known as Low Sunday, and is now Divine Mercy Sunday by decree of our Holy Father of blessed memory, is actually the last day of the Easter celebration.

[Larry Lucido]

God bless and comfort you in this difficult, anonymoussierra.

[jbarkley]

The woman on Fox said something that was very touching.

I'm paraphrasing - he was neither liberal or conservative, he was Catholic and it transcends everything else.

[anonymoussierra]

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[DoughtyOne]

The good old days...

[tiredoflaundry]

Thank You sooooooooo much. We lost our Father today. At least that's how I'm feeling today. I'm sure many other Catholics feel the same.

My prayer now will be that the Holy Spirit guides the Cardinals to give us a Pope that comes close to John Paul II.

It's funny , sometimes I think my teenagers have no clue to what goes on in the world beyond the cell phone & computer.
My oldest said to me when he heard The Pope had passed was "I feel sorry for whoever is the next Pope,because he will have to fill size 24 shoes".

[anonymoussierra]

Powstancie ukochani trzymajcie sie w sercu pamietajacie, ze on jest z nami.Bog zaplac

[La Enchiladita]

Won't tomorrow -- the day the first Vatican mass will be said for John Paul II (9 hours from now) -- be Orthodox Easter Sunday?

[Rightly Biased]

Beautiful post I'm sure you put a lot of effort into it Well done and quite honoring

God Bless you for your Efforts.

RB

[DoughtyOne]

Kids will surprise you, for sure. They can been the messengers of doom, and also the silver linings on gloomy days.