tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post3402228409756771679..comments2024-01-08T18:15:17.781+00:00Comments on The Tridentine Rite: January 3rd (2010) - Octave Day of St. John the Apostle & EvangelistRubricariushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-87289062308198812152011-01-18T09:15:41.118+00:002011-01-18T09:15:41.118+00:00Flying Dutchman,
Indeed, to our 'modern' ...Flying Dutchman,<br /><br />Indeed, to our 'modern' conditioning it does seem somewhat excessive with only minor differences (the respective commemorations etc ) between the two Sundays.<br /><br />It does appear as unfortunate that the second Sunday effectively vanishes too.Rubricariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1485744057295737706.post-34531877768072659742011-01-17T22:50:10.903+00:002011-01-17T22:50:10.903+00:00The thought has struck my mind that it might seem ...The thought has struck my mind that it might seem excessive to celebrate the same saint two Sundays running.<br /><br />But then I called to mind that (please correct me if I am wrong) the Nativity, St Stephen, St John, Holy Innocents, St Silvester and the Circumcision would all have been Holy Days of Obligation, and so celebrating St John a second time would seem much less strange.<br /><br />The Flying Dutchmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10057552757013226176noreply@blogger.com