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Thursday, August 29, 2013

The Eucharistic Fast


One of my favorite bloggers, Fr. Z, is conducting a poll about how long the Eucharistic Fast should be.  Please go over there and vote.

I remember as a child, feeling nauseous from hunger because we couldn't eat before receiving Communion.  I thought it was five hours before, but maybe it was from midnight.  Anyway, since I go to 7:00 AM Mass, it really doesn't matter to me, now.  Many people don't eat breakfast, anyway.  Besides, my friends and I go out for breakfast, after Mass.  So I don't have a horse in this race.

Blessing of the Houses

It is the custom that those chapters and individual people, who identify with the Sisters of Bethany, pray for each other.  We call this ...