| 3 years ago :: Dec 05, 2010 - 8:40AM #1 | |
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Hi everyone, We are into the second week of Advent, and I wish you all a very blessed season. I've been laying low with a bad cold, but hope to deepen my prayer life this Advent. I do try to pray the hours, and hope to be more faithful. I am also reading Isaiah with the footnotes. I will pull up the "O Antiphons" in the Cloisters--which has become more a prayer room, but please post any comments or discussion in either place. A blessed Advent to you all. SuZ |
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| 3 years ago :: Dec 15, 2010 - 10:40PM #2 | |
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Hi, Misty, I haven't posted anything for a couple years, but I got to wondering: am I the only one who wishes the celebration of the Nativity of Our Lord was like other solemnities? You know, special Mass times, maybe extra confessions/adoration, go to Mass, and go home, without all the other distracting, uber-commercial and even anti-religious nonsense/crap/garbage/stuff [pick one to your liking]? |
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| 3 years ago :: Dec 16, 2010 - 6:50AM #3 | |
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Hi, Welcome back, I sure do agree that commercialism has gotten way out of hand. I do love the joy and fellowship of Christmas time and I love the lights and decorations (including a nativity scene, of course), but the obsession with gifts really is a big downer. I do buy for the grandkids, but very little else. I am still praying the hours and reading Isaiah. Are you doing anything spicial? SuZ |
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| 3 years ago :: Dec 16, 2010 - 7:53AM #4 | |
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No. I'm the choir cantor at 10:00 "midnight" Mass, but that's all. I'd really prefer to just have a one-man retreat with reading, listening, and prayer, but that isn't an option for me this year. |
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| 3 years ago :: Dec 16, 2010 - 8:14AM #5 | |
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