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To: elkfersupper

The even thicker clouds of incense we Easterners use don't seem to have much ill effect on the longevity of our monks and bishops, who breath lots more of the sweet smelling incense than laymen or even priest, deacons or those of us in minor orders.

Of course, maybe it's the parafin candles the Latins use. . .we make a point of using beeswax.


21 posted on 08/23/2006 8:31:04 PM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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To: The_Reader_David
Of course, maybe it's the parafin candles the Latins use. . .we make a point of using beeswax.

Candles in the Latin Rite are supposed to be at least 51% beeswax. Beeswax smokes a LOT more than paraffin, BTW.

22 posted on 08/23/2006 8:43:05 PM PDT by Campion ("I am so tired of you, liberal church in America" -- Mother Angelica, 1993)
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