[Magdalen] this morning at the Eucharist

[Scott Knitter]

The whole blessing is for the thurible/censer/smokepot, not a person.
On Nov 19, 2015 10:11 AM, "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> LOL, Scott!  what's the actual word instead of "burnt"?
>
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Of course, there's the absent-minded celebrant at Solemn Mass who,
> > before the Gospel procession, blessed the kneeling deacon with these
> > words:
> >
> > "May you be blessed by him in whose honor you are to be burnt."
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Then, of course, there's that memorable line in Eucharistic Prayer C:
> > "From the primal elephants you brought forth the human race..."
> > >
> > > On November 19, 2015, at 9:25 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I know a few priests who would have appreciated this!
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 8:48 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> We used form 3 of the Prayers of the People.
> > >> One hapless soul wasn't quite awake yet.
> > >>
> > >> "We pray for all bishops, priests, and deacons,"
> > >> "That they may be delivered from their distress."
> > >>
> > >> If he'd snoozed just a half minute longer,
> > >> it would have been
> > >> "Let light perpetual shine upon them."
> > >> But no such luck.
> > >> -M
> > >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Scott R. Knitter
> > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
> >
>
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> --
> Grace Cangialosi
> Ruckersville, VA
>
> *We must cry out against injustice or by our silence consent to it.
> Dorothy Day*
>