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To: NYer

"This is not hokus pokus" he said

Ironically the phrase hocus pocus comes from the Latin "Hoc est Corpus meum".

BTW, in your picture what is the priest using to apply the ashes? I have always seen it done with the priest's thumb.

9 posted on 02/15/2010 11:44:21 AM PST by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)

To: Straight Vermonter

Ironically the phrase hocus pocus comes from the Latin "Hoc est Corpus meum".

Thank you for that information. It has definitely taken on a new connotation in today's society.

what is the priest using to apply the ashes?

Q-tip. Ashes blended with holy water form a slurry. That is what leaves such a pronounced cross.

10 posted on 02/15/2010 11:57:49 AM PST by NYer ("Where Peter is, there is the Church." - St. Ambrose of Milan)

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