tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post3103454322049925718..comments2023-10-31T11:50:09.773+00:00Comments on Mulier Fortis: By This You Shall Know Them...Mulier Fortishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01186202810919174492noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-16702395979963410542011-10-09T13:45:49.135+01:002011-10-09T13:45:49.135+01:00When you pray the Salve Regina, at the words, &quo...When you pray the Salve Regina, at the words, "O Clement, O Loving, O Sweet Virgin Mary", strike your breast 3 times.Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17970851228593550726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-8079648758141754872011-09-13T22:50:53.743+01:002011-09-13T22:50:53.743+01:00Some of the things we were taught by the good nuns...Some of the things we were taught by the good nuns:<br />Make small sign of the cross over the heart when passing a church.<br />If you enter a church and discover the priest is moments from the Consecration immediately kneel on the floor.<br />Double genuflection at Exposition.<br />Don't dress in a way which draws attention to you at Mass.<br />When a funeral cortege passes, stop, bow your head and say a silent prayer for the repose of the soul.<br />My memory might be faulty but I think I remember that abstinence from meat was also required on Wednesdays in Lent. <br />I've got a good recipe for chick pea curry. No, don't laugh.Gentyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569143943867323153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-84428402569699893642011-09-13T17:18:24.476+01:002011-09-13T17:18:24.476+01:00I once saw something like Margaret described. A m...I once saw something like Margaret described. A mother was speaking with her grown daughter and the daughter's fiance, and then she reached out and traced a Sign of the Cross on both their foreheads. I thought it was lovely. In other cultures children ask their parents for a blessing on New Years'. I think we need more of parents blessing their kids; because it's their role to raise and protect them, God will surely hear their prayers for them.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06624317806947588259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-4952181030815958452011-09-12T15:05:15.852+01:002011-09-12T15:05:15.852+01:00How about making the sign of the cross when passin...How about making the sign of the cross when passing a cemetery and offering a prayer for the repose of the soul of those buried there? I have to pass a cemetery every time I go into town and I try and remember. It quickly becomes a habit.Idle Ramblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07583960388335420573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-72322883475481728702011-09-12T08:41:14.695+01:002011-09-12T08:41:14.695+01:00Here's some I'd suggest (and which I pract...Here's some I'd suggest (and which I practice...)<br /><br />Genuflecting at the incarnatus est in the Creed <br />Kneeling to receive Holy Communion<br />Receiving on the tongue<br />Receiving under one kind only<br />Receiving only from an ordained priest or deacon<br />Observing silence in Church before and after Mass<br />Making a thanksgiving after Mass<br />Kissing bishops' rings<br />Genuflecting to the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle on entering or leaving a pew<br />Genuflecting to the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle whenever crossing in front of HIm...<br /><br />Sure there are more, too, but if we all did these it would start to restore some sense of Catholic identity and belief.Ben Trovatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-88372553442731458942011-09-12T08:22:48.042+01:002011-09-12T08:22:48.042+01:00I'm not Catholic so I don't know if this w...I'm not Catholic so I don't know if this was ever a tradition or just something nice one particular person did. When I was a child we lived nextdoor to a Catholic family with five kids and I think their mum was a nurse or something and worked shifts so they were got ready for school in the morning by their gran. She would make the sign of the Cross on their foreheads (like abbesses used to, perhaps still do) and say something in Gaelic and then send them off. I thought it was lovely and years later visiting Greece I noticed that pious old people don't let anyone leave the house without saying something along the lines of "God be with you."margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07727534908302610374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-33385308885349459912011-09-12T06:06:02.369+01:002011-09-12T06:06:02.369+01:00I'm in the same boat as you, Rachel. My mother...I'm in the same boat as you, Rachel. My mother, with whom I live, is a non-churchgoing Methodist. She makes sure to buy salmon or cod for my dinner each Friday, and usually prepares it for me, so I don't have to tire myself out after coming home from Friday evening Mass. I am truly spoiled -- and blessed: thanks, Mom! :-)<br /><br />(I usually have slices of cheese pizza for lunch on Friday, by the way, even though I like pizza much better with pepperoni.)Diamantina, aka Gentillylacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11233399922548504389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-89979279766601748522011-09-11T23:11:33.941+01:002011-09-11T23:11:33.941+01:00I didn't know the bishops of England and Wales...I didn't know the bishops of England and Wales had done that! God bless them. In America it's the same as you described; we're supposed to do some penance on Fridays but this is almost never mentioned so I doubt most Catholics do it. At least we do have Lent.<br /><br />I live with my Protestant mother and she always prepares fish for dinner on Fridays, for my sake. How spoiled am I? :)Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06624317806947588259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-35201056515991190112011-09-11T23:05:03.745+01:002011-09-11T23:05:03.745+01:00Isn't the double genuflection already, ah, wel...Isn't the double genuflection already, ah, well, done? Rubricated? Customed?<br /><br />On our parish's informal fb group someone posted about the practice of covering your ears with your hand when walking past a Confessional. Again...people weren't taught this during prep for 1st Confession? (Well all right, I wasn't taught it either, but if I actually tell the truth and say that I started doing it years ago out of instinct, that makes me sound terribly ponced up...)<br /><br />If I think of any more I'll let you know :>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-79382428262661582612011-09-11T21:55:04.532+01:002011-09-11T21:55:04.532+01:00Genuflexion on both knees when the Blessed Sacrame...Genuflexion on both knees when the Blessed Sacrament is exposed.<br /><br />I realise that may not be possible for you Mac, but that's no excuse for the rest of us!<br /><br />Love and God bless,<br />JJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00419516065899508757noreply@blogger.com