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To: Tax-chick; GregB; Berlin_Freeper; SumProVita; narses; bboop; SevenofNine; Ronaldus Magnus; tiki; ...

As an aside, a married, visiting priest said mass at our parish yesterday. He delivered an excellent homily. His son was an altar server and his 2 daughters assisted as “peace bearers” (in the Maronite Rite, peace begins at the altar and is passed by the priest to an altar server who passes it to 4 children who then carry it to the first person in each pew). His wife was not in attendance .. not sure why. The Lebanese, accustomed to married priests at their homeland, took it in stride. I had a wealth of questions (like: how do you support your wife and children on a priest’s salary? Along with several others, but did not have an opportunity to ask. No, this was not the priest recently ordained in MI. He comes to the US from Lebanon, via Australia where married Maronite priests already serve. It was, as always, a beautiful liturgy. And - no - there are no women priests in the Maronite Catholic Church.


2 posted on 05/19/2014 1:19:44 PM PDT by NYer ("You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears." James 4:14)
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To: NYer

I attended a Maronite Mass in Birmingham, AL way back in 1961 before there was any talk about Vatican II.


3 posted on 05/19/2014 1:32:53 PM PDT by 353FMG
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