tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post3966239653565577795..comments2024-03-28T09:49:29.979+00:00Comments on Eccles is saved: The Ascension Day cruiseEccleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00357168852208499013noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-67014731027256435882014-06-09T10:43:19.637+01:002014-06-09T10:43:19.637+01:00In Scotland they have retained Ascension Thursday....In Scotland they have retained Ascension Thursday. Although its about all they have retained.Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15346801564305334415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-43394870168880340632014-06-05T23:47:43.128+01:002014-06-05T23:47:43.128+01:00But will you be sailing backwards to Christmas (Is...But will you be sailing backwards to Christmas (Island)?Gentyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05569143943867323153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-16010544608276334192014-06-03T09:55:06.678+01:002014-06-03T09:55:06.678+01:00What kind of lazy cruise is this? By attending a f...What kind of lazy cruise is this? By attending a few Saturday evening (vigil) Masses, too, you could easily have had another couple of Ascension Days. Modernist!Ben Trovatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-7964846454362657482014-06-01T23:02:34.408+01:002014-06-01T23:02:34.408+01:00Friday was Suspension Day. Saturday, I believe, wa...Friday was Suspension Day. Saturday, I believe, was the Feast of the Visitation. Which you could have celebrated twice if you'd enacted your cunning plan this year.Archdruid Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849759985107161674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-48977475244936915962014-06-01T22:08:38.208+01:002014-06-01T22:08:38.208+01:00And for the sake of completeness, the Catholic Com...And for the sake of completeness, the Catholic Communications Network (the media office for the Catholic Church in England and Wales, as it describes itself) announced that "Ascension Sunday" (whatever that is) has been designated by the Catholic Church as World Communications Sunday. For us lucky people in England and Wales, that means a pile of leaflets and a Second Collection "to fund the work of the CCN". O joy, o rapture...ALDUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00209513152629225245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-77927452025048473742014-06-01T17:23:38.871+01:002014-06-01T17:23:38.871+01:00One exciting spin-off from this is the opportunity...One exciting spin-off from this is the opportunity to experience the novelty of a six-day Novena. Unless, that is, the Bishops decide to reinstate the nine-day Novena by moving Pentecost to the following Wednesday …Wynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15725423840111655020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508374680487030801.post-83374310752008021032014-06-01T16:38:36.740+01:002014-06-01T16:38:36.740+01:00A couple of years ago, a friend of mine was in Rom...A couple of years ago, a friend of mine was in Rome at this time. Having arrived on Wednesday evening, the next morning he tottered into the church nearest to where he was staying, where the Mass of Thursday of the sixth week of Eastertide was celebrated. On Sunday, he went to St Peter's (as one does), where the Mass of the seventh Sunday of Eastertide was celebrated, so he missed the Ascension completely.<br /><br />It would be funny if it weren't so sad.pattifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12210761184261938524noreply@blogger.com