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Covid19 claims the life of US priest
- Thread starter Regiomontanus
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stvdv
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He looks like a very nice man to me.
And good to read, that he was in peace, when he died:
Oh no, I'm sorry to hear that Metis. My condolences to you and your family.
Regiomontanus
Ματαιοδοξία ματαιοδοξιών! Όλα είναι ματαιοδοξία.
My prayers and condolences to your family.
Most sorry to learn of your loss.
Many enemies of the Church have tried to shut it down through its 2000 yr history. Who would ever have thought it would take a microscopic bug?
Some of the changes for Holy Week
At the end of those two weeks is Holy Week, leading up to the time the Church celebrates the life, death and resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. If the suspension of Masses is not lifted by then, the lay faithful will not be allowed to be physically present for the liturgies. And any liturgy is not to have more than 10 people participating. With those restrictions in mind, the Office for Divine Worship and Bishop have made alternative plans for Holy Week liturgies
1. or the faithful. Holy oils will be distributed at a later date, once the present restrictions have been lifted.
2. 2. The Bishop urges priests to celebrate the Mass of Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord and the full course of the liturgies of the Sacred Paschal Triduum in their locked churches, but without the participation of the faithful.
Priests and deacons resident in each parish should take part in these liturgies. The total number of ministers, lay and ordained, participating in each liturgical celebration should not exceed 10.
3. The time of these liturgies should be advertised widely in order that the faithful might participate spiritually from their homes or even view the parish liturgy by streaming video, or watch liturgies celebrated by Bishop via internet or TV.
In a newsletter from the Office for Worship priests were given instructions for how to celebrate the various liturgies with some of the usual practices omitted. They were told that on Palm Sunday the palms should be blessed and may be distributed to the faithful in the church parking lot at a scheduled time. Each parish will determine the best way to do this or if they will do it at all.
There will be no washing of the feet or procession to the repository for the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday..
The celebration of the Passion of the Lord on Good Friday should take place at the customary hour with the proclamation of the Passion.
The Easter Vigil will omit the blessing of the fire and the procession and will begin with the lighting of the paschal candle in the sanctuary.. Baptisms and other rites of initiation will be postponed to a future date. The total number of ministers, lay and ordained, should be strictly limited to 10.
metis
aged ecumenical anthropologist
Ours has been canceled because the virus is running rampant in our area. However, we can watch the mass at the cathedral on local t.v. Sunday mornings. Hope you & yours enjoy Holy Week.
