tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post3709846396141111026..comments2024-03-27T11:27:31.790-05:00Comments on A Catholic Life: Understanding Ascensiontide: Ascension Thursday through Vigil of PentecostMatthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07929374709032473716noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-84019800542549715352012-05-21T14:41:57.803-05:002012-05-21T14:41:57.803-05:00Unfortuantly, most Novus Ordo parish transfer Asce...Unfortuantly, most Novus Ordo parish transfer Ascension and Epiphany to Sunday when they aren't supposed to be transferred. However, the USA has an indult to move Corpus Christi to the following Sunday which dates back to the reign of Leo XIII.Chris Whittlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00685277475263571037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-80019320172107915712012-05-21T13:58:26.891-05:002012-05-21T13:58:26.891-05:00One of the things that really irks me about the st...One of the things that really irks me about the state of Catholicism in the United States is the continual moving of most holy days to the nearest Sunday. Yes, there is the benefit that more people will then hear the great readings and sermons that are preached about them, but it then reduces the times that people have, basically, any reason to come to church to those 52 Sundays (and Christmas) a year. <br /><br />As a former church musician, this was especially annoying, because it gave us even *less* time to sing great songs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com