[Magdalen] Chain of Command.

[Scott Knitter]

There's apparently an apocryphal Gospel of James that mentions Joachim and
Anna.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 11:23 AM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> OK, I still want to know where these non-Scriptural traditions get
> started? Who decided the names of Mary’s parents, and when?
> That’s the only one that comes to mind at the moment because of this post,
> but I’ve wondered about others, as well.
>
> > On Jul 30, 2018, at 11:17 AM, cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Saint Annes' Feast Day was 26th July.
> >
> > There are lots of Novenas to Saint Anne/Ann in RC parishes
> > here in NE Pennsylvania USA.  The most important is at the largest
> > church in the region, Saint Anne's (Minor) Basilica, Scranton,
> > PA where the crowds are in the thousands.
> >
> > I was cantor at one of these Novena Masses some years ago
> > with the infamous Litany of Saint Anne.  This features
> > the plainchant tune with the following section:
> >
> >    "We ask Saint Anne to ask her daughter (the Virgin Mary) to
> > ask her Son (Jesus Christ) to ask his Father (God the Father) to
> > grant our petitions."
> >
> > Martin Luther rolls over in his grave when he encounters that one!
> >
> >
> > David S.
>


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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA