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A priest forever.
The newest priest for the Diocese of Harrisburg and the second from our parish.
Father Mark Mason Spietel
Ordination June 7th 2008 -St. Patrick’s Cathedral Harrisburg
Mass of Thanksgiving June 8th 2008 - Assumption BVM Lancaster
We’re all very proud!
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The parish picnic!
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Me and my girls
The big girls dresses were supposed to be for Easter but Easter came early and I didn’t get them made. I finished them yesterday just in time for a the Mother/Daughter lunch with my sisters, nieces, mom and step-mom this afternoon.
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Feast of Corpus Christi
Collect:
“O God who under a wonderful Sacrament hast left us a memorial of Thy Passion: grant us, we beseech Thee, so to venerate the sacred mysteries of Thy Body and Blood that we may ever feel within us the fruit of Redemption.”
Technically Thursday was the feast of Corpus Christi. Did you see the Papal Mass? Beautiful!
But of course most places have moved the feast to today. We attended mass last night. The first local Latin Mass of the newly formed satellite group of an official FSSP apostolate community. Did you get all that?
There’s a Latin Mass community in Harrisburg. Approved by the bishop, operating in their own chapel and functioning not quite as a parish but with a similar structure. And as of yesterday that community has expanded here to our area. They don’t have their own chapel but are sharing space at another parish.
The mass itself was well attended with close to 300 people. Of course there were many who were just curious and it will be interesting to see how many of those people return. We plan to attend regularly bit also remain at our current parish. At least for now.
I am coming to really love the Latin Mass. I am still not up on all the prayers but I’ll get there. There’s such beauty, quiet (I love quiet!), reverence.
In practice it is quite different from the Ordinary Form (formerly known as the Nous Ordo) of the mass. I have heard some say they don’t like it because they don’t understand it. I don’t understand it either, but really, who understands bread becoming God? We participate, we open our hearts and minds, but in truth the reality of it escapes us more than we know.
Other have complained that it’s too passive and that “active participation” means that people have to be doing stuff. Actually not. Fr. Z does a good job explaining the true meaning of “active participation” if you want to better understand.
Two of the boys were altar servers and we laughed at home at how much more of a workout it is serving the Latin Mass. Still, both boys declared they prefer it.
The girls and I commented how nice it was to not be the only ladies wearing veils since we have worn veils at mass for years and are oftentimes the only ones. There was one woman there wearing a lovely hat. I like hats –I may have to get a few.
A blessed Sunday to you and yours!
Harvest of Hope
gift from our oldest son for our 23rd wedding anniversary (this past Monday the 6th).
Fairtrade chocolate that lives up to its heavenly name! Yes those are 100 gram bars —yes there were ten.
Divine is the fairtrade chocolate company co-owned by the cocoa farmers cooperative Kuapa Kokoo in Ghana, who not only receive a fair price for their cocoa but also share in the company’s profit.
It almost seems un fair to have so much delicious chocolate . . . almost.
