Posted on 03/27/2008 2:47:32 PM PDT by Salvation
I was listening to a bit of Catholic Radio on the road today and you can water your flowers with left over holy water if it does not evaporate.
It is the intentions.
Another reason there are getting to be more Republicans in Oregon too! I don’t know the numbers yet for the Diocese of Baker in Eastern Oregon.
Extra Holy Water can also be disposed of in a special sacrarium. (Fancy name for a church dry well.)
It was a wonderful sight later, at the Offertory, when the three returned. The little girls were dressed in tea length white dresses, and the older woman was in a white robe over her clothes. We, in the choir, were singing "For All the Saints", and I got so fahklempt when those little girls walked up the aisle, that I couldn't continue singing. We had another woman and two men who were Confirmed, and received Holy Communion, along with the three who were Baptized earlier.
FYI,
Baptism has never been done with ‘sprinkling’ (or to clarify since this is a common misunderstanding, with merely marking the sign of the cross on the forehead). The water must FLOW over the forehead; that is the essential physical sign for the Sacrament. It does not matter if it’s a tiny ladle or a full pool (which I think is a bit ridiculous as immersion is not part of Catholic faith, so why have the pretentiousness of a pool?).
That’s great. Amidst so much immorality in the world, people are seeing the light and coming to the Church.
Wonderful!
Amen!
Baptism has never been done with ‘sprinkling’ (or to clarify since this is a common misunderstanding, with merely marking the sign of the cross on the forehead). The water must FLOW over the forehead; that is the essential physical sign for the Sacrament. It does not matter if it’s a tiny ladle or a full pool (which I think is a bit ridiculous as immersion is not part of Catholic faith, so why have the pretentiousness of a pool?)
Please see post #10.
You should have been able to see this through the use of the ";-)" emoticon at the bottom of post #6. However, it is apparent that I should have made the snarkiness of post #6 clearer than a mere "wink." My apologies for the apparent lack of clarity in that original post.
Have a marvelous Friday today!
Oh, and as for not having a pool, suggest you look at the Didache. (The original recommendation was to have a river (i.e., living water)...but that would be a bit ridiculous to have a river running through a church)
;-) <--please note the wink emoticon...
Yeah, I got the snarky part. I thought the account of Fr. Brian’s mouthed complaint was worth sneaking into the conversation though....
O My. Easter is Da BOMB!
As the world becomes more complicated and more noisy, it is great to see people seeking peace through faith and community and listening to the quite voice of God.
Yup. It is wonderful to see. Even though the gift is all God’s, they are themselves a gift to the rest of us.
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