catholic tastes.AN ETIQUETTE TIP from the "Quick Takes" column in the Chicago Sun-Times, courtesy of Martin Marty's newsletter Context (Jan. 15, 2000): "The proper closing for a letter to the pope is: `Prostrate pros·trate tr.v. pros·trat·ed, pros·trat·ing, pros·trates 1. To put or throw flat with the face down, as in submission or adoration: at the feet of Your Holiness and imploring im·plore v. im·plored, im·plor·ing, im·plores v.tr. 1. To appeal to in supplication; beseech: implored the tribunal to have mercy. 2. the favor of its apostolic benediction benediction [Lat.,=blessing], solemn blessing usually administered in the name of God by a priest or a minister. The temple worship at Jerusalem had fixed forms of benedictions, and Christians have always given them an important place in ceremony, especially at the , I have the honor to be, Very Holy Father, with the deepest veneration of Your Holiness, the most humble and most obedient servant and son [daughter].'" Comments the columnist: "Which is why he gets so few postcards." WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN "When the Saints Go Marching In", so well-known that it is often referred to merely as "The Saints", is a United States gospel hymn that has taken on certain aspects of folk music. Father Tom Hartman, cohost co·host or co-host n. A joint host, as of a social event. tr.v. co·host·ed, co·host·ing, co·hosts To serve as a joint host of: of the cable-TV show God Squad, was asked by Time magazine (Nov. 29, 1999) what sports team God roots for. His answer: "Obviously, the New Orleans Saints I WANNA wan·na Informal 1. Contraction of want to: You wanna go now? 2. Contraction of want a: You wanna slice of pie? HOLD YOUR TOE The pages of the Denver Catholic Register recently featured a discussion on whether church authority should make a ruling that holding hands during the Our Father is inappropriate because it "may interfere with the proper focus of that moment in the Mass." "If they do rule against hand holding," Archie Lower writes in the Leaven leaven (lĕv`ən), agent used to raise bread or other flour foods. Physical leavens include water vapor, which is released as steam at high temperatures (as in popovers), and air, which is incorporated by beating. (October/November 1999), "I have a slightly devious suggestion: Let's touch toes, or at least shoes. No one will be able to see, so we could get away with it. What great conspiracy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Take that, you big, bad controllers of the Spirit. And just think of summertime--with open-toed shoes--the delicious possibilities of a secret sandal scandal. My, my, my." COOL CONFESSIONS In an attempt to minimize discomfort during the uncomfortable act of Confession, the Venice-based firm Genuflex recently unveiled a spacious, new, top-of-the-line confessional. At a price of about $6,250, the walnut-finished confessional offers air conditioning and heating, black leather seats, soft lighting, full soundproofing Soundproofing is any means of reducing the intensity of sound with respect to a specified source and receptor. There are several basic approaches to reducing sound: increasing the distance between source and receiver, using noise barriers to block or absorb the energy of the sound , green and red lights to indicate vacancy, and optional hygienic filters for the confessional screen. According to Reuters (Nov. 26, 1999), penitents in the hot seat will be able to regulate the temperature at which they confess. With its new product, Genuflex hopes to help Rome's churches meet the expected increase in demands for Confessions as some 26 million pilgrims are forecast to visit Rome during the Jubilee year. I KNOW, IT'S ONLY ROCK `N' ROLL ... always thought that I would have made a great archbishop in Salzburg during the time of Mozart. But instead I'm the archbishop of Milwaukee in the time of rock `n' roll. That's the way life turns out. --Archbishop Rembert Weakland, a Juilliard-trained classical pianist, in an interview with St. Anthony Messenger (quoted in Context, Dec. 1, 1999) PRECIOUS LORD "I had thought $2 million was a good figure. But when I saw the masses that [Brazilian charismatic pop star] Father Marcello Rossi attracts ... when speaking to 600,000 people, I was convinced, that the attraction of Jesus' name is beyond pricing." --Brazilian entrepeneur Ricardo Amaral, who has received offers worth millions of dollars to sell the Web site name www.jesus.com.br, which he had registered--along with pizza.com.br and others--two years ago (ZENIT, Nov. 19, 1999) |
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