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I think the Priest's substitution of words at the Dismissal may have been sarcasm.
The Holy Supper of our Lord is not to be confused with a testimonial dinner! Alas, Thomas, it was not sarcasm. he meant it sincerely. He made some further comment about what a wonderful tribute it was. Etc etc etc. Kyrie Eleison.
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The month's mind is something that the most elderly remembered when I began my service to families, but it isn't something that was even part of my parents' generation, beginning with about the 1930s. I agree with Bob that Alice makes a very cogent observation. I was, however, a bit surprised by Bob's comment above. Although I know he's younger than me (altho not sure by how much), Month's Mind (30 days post death) Masses were still the norm when I was growing up - I remember shuffling altarboy schedules around so that I could be away to attend these for family members, all of whom lived out of town. Many years, Neil
"One day all our ethnic traits ... will have disappeared. Time itself is seeing to this. And so we can not think of our communities as ethnic parishes, ... unless we wish to assure the death of our community."
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Christ is in our midst!! He is and always will be!!
It may be that this practice--the month's mind--went out in my parish and those surrounding us because there were so many Mass stipends tendered by people for birthdays, anniversaries of death, etc. With only two priests in the parish, many Mass intentions were "sent away" to the missions if they accumulated beyond a two or three year backlog.
I wasn't allowed to serve at the altar until very late because I went to public school and the nuns didn't want to spend the time teaching us Latin.
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They were probably having a hard enough time teaching it to the priests.
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