Tag: anointing
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The Dove’s Kinswoman
by Jim McKay “The Chrism Mass is celebrated two days before Easter, which parallels the anointing two days before the Passover. In the morning the bishop could preach to his priests about the anointing of Jesus, and in the evening those priests preach to their people about Jesus copying the position of the woman to…
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The Hymn for the Procession of the Oils
The 1998 sacramentary-that-never-was contains this noble effort at telling the story of the Chrism Mass.
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Something New for the Easter Vigil in 2012?
The Missale Romanum 2002 has a few surprises in it, including what amount to changes in the RCIA.