tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post3252684160236731327..comments2023-11-02T10:50:42.128-05:00Comments on CLOSED: Arrivals...TLF+http://www.blogger.com/profile/01650010433581488888noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-28224170127014525092007-12-04T12:35:00.000-06:002007-12-04T12:35:00.000-06:00Boy am I glad I moved back to VA.Yesterday it was ...Boy am I glad I moved back to VA.<BR/>Yesterday it was in the upper 40s and it seemed cold.<BR/><BR/>But growing up in Sioux Falls, I can still remember how we used to describe the benefits of living in SD, not despite the harsh winters, but precisely because of them. The saying went: "It keeps the riff raff out."<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Tim+, for the reminder of the value of occasionally using the stern old Exhortation to worthy reception of Communion. I can't even remember now the last time I heard it used in church. Alas, it's been many years...<BR/><BR/>On a more positive note, the familiar Collect for the First Sunday of Advent is one of my favorites of the whole year. Just marvelous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-47987339004863403122007-12-03T11:05:00.000-06:002007-12-03T11:05:00.000-06:00fr.john+,Not only has it not hurt anybody, it has ...fr.john+,<BR/><BR/>Not only has it not hurt anybody, it has probably spared a few people from hurt by reminding them to prepare rightly for the sacrament!<BR/><BR/>Blessings on your ministry and your people.TLF+https://www.blogger.com/profile/01650010433581488888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-35426162258929881302007-12-03T10:25:00.000-06:002007-12-03T10:25:00.000-06:00The few of us at Mass Sunday, heard the Exhortatio...The few of us at Mass Sunday, heard the Exhortation, recited the Great Litany, the Decalogue, then the Communion, all from the 1928, of course. A great day in the Lord, snow and all.Chip Johnson+, SF, CoJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16114810191282776023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-3974859012703987022007-12-02T21:36:00.000-06:002007-12-02T21:36:00.000-06:00Gee, I use the exhortation once a month, anyway. S...Gee, I use the exhortation once a month, anyway. Sometimes more.<BR/>Hasn't hurt anybody yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-39606251383223878962007-12-02T20:55:00.000-06:002007-12-02T20:55:00.000-06:00It takes strong people to ministry in South Dakota...It takes strong people to ministry in South Dakota! God makes no mistakes, Father. Be strong in the Lord.Alice C. Linsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069827354696169270noreply@blogger.com