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  • Ascension Sunday(Sigh)

    05/28/2006 2:58:38 AM PDT · by catholicfreeper · 1 replies · 168+ views
    http://mliccione.blogspot.com ^ | may 27,07 | Sacramentum Vitae
    I hope you are jarred by that title: as most of you know, the feast the Church is now celebrating is traditionally "Ascension Thursday." It ought to be. But as is also well known, in this world there is a considerable difference between "ought" and "is." In this case, the difference is ironic indeed. For that reason, most American bishops don't get it. They have have moved celebration of this feast from Thursday to the following Sunday in order to make it easier for people to celebrate it. But why, exactly, was it harder on Thursday? Driving to church for...