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Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity

No Vested Interest

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13. Beautiful and sweet traditions to have and to remember.

Reply to sprinkleeninow (Reply #12)

Sat Jan 2, 2021, 04:19 PM

Jan 2021

I have recently reconnected on Facebook with an acquaintance from employment; she was a convert to the Orthodox church nearly 40 years ago and appears to be very close to fellow members. I am sure this is a great consolation to her as we and she age. She frequently posts thoughts and prayers from Orthodoxy on her FB page, so I relate her thoughts with yours, Sprinkle - all good.

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☦ Orthodox Christianity: St. John 14:27 KJV [View all] sprinkleeninow Dec 2020 OP

Thank you for posting. It's lovely. I needed this. nt Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #1

I been wailing lots lately. sprinkleeninow Dec 2020 #2

I was raised Catholic, we didn't read the Bible much. Catechism and nuns were our focus. Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #3

My maternal grandmother was Catholic as was the girl her son (my uncle) married. sprinkleeninow Dec 2020 #4

Oplatki! AleksS Dec 2020 #5

Yes it sounds like a great tradition. nt Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #7

I took Latin, but not that good at it. French was my foreign language of choice. Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #6

As I recall, in RC tradition, Christmas Eve was a day of fast and abstinence. No Vested Interest Dec 2020 #8

If you were going to midnight mass and getting communion you had to fast. Irish_Dem Dec 2020 #9

When I was a child - 1940's- on Christmas Eve the kids went to bed at regular bedtime No Vested Interest Jan 2021 #10

Yes same here, that is why we never had to fast on Christmas Eve as kids. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #11

I missed seeing your post. sprinkleeninow Jan 2021 #12

Beautiful and sweet traditions to have and to remember. No Vested Interest Jan 2021 #13