[Magdalen] Are we down?

[Scott Knitter]

On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Roger Stokes
<roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> Candles can also feature the next day, 3 February, which is the Feast of St
> Blaise.  Those with a throat problem can have their throat blessed at mass
> by the priest holding crossed candles in front of the person's throat.
> Neither event has any connection with furry rodents.

The throat blessing is often given after the Candlemas Mass; we've got
the little holder into which the two (unlighted!) candles are placed.
I don't know whether or when this will be done this year.


-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA