tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post3350234240496470993..comments2024-03-19T15:26:26.055+00:00Comments on auntie joanna writes: The Old Friary...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33970956.post-33445136012261049282011-03-18T14:00:41.471+00:002011-03-18T14:00:41.471+00:00Dear Joanna: On St. Patrick's Day, I attended...Dear Joanna: On St. Patrick's Day, I attended the Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral that traditionally precedes the largest parade up 5th Ave. in NYC: the 250th St. Patrick's Day Parade. I was honored to receive the Eucharist from Archbishop Timothy Dolan. Mary Higgins Clark, the writer of thrillers, was the Grand Marshall and was in attendance. She is a devout Catholic with immense wealth...a wealth she never stops sharing, often anonymously, with the Roman Catholic Church's organizations as well as with individuals. She never forgets that she came from poverty in the borough of the Bronx. Her memoir, Kitchen Privileges, written well before memoir was in vogue, is as authentic a read as she is a person. WHAT A FANTASTIC CHOICE! I once had the privilege of introducing Mary; she never forgets...and made time for a few words with me in the Cathedral yesterday despite all the hoop-la.<br />Last Tuesday, at the annual luncheon of the Ladies of Charity in NYC, Rev. Matthew Ernest addressed us about the upcoming vernacular changes in the Roman missal (effective in the USA on the First Sunday of Advent, 11/27/11). His audience of women, who were primarily in their 70s and 80s, was a reluctant one. It's a shame that they don't remember, and no one thinks to point out, that many of the changes are familiar; that is, before Vatican II, when we had missals with the Latin on the left and English on the right, they seem to be changing back to that English. For example, "And also with you" is returning back to "And with your spirit" which is what we said then. In America, this is no easy sell. And to think he was preaching to the converted!<br />Nancy C. Waters, Bronxville, NYNancy C. Watershttp://cutley@optonline.netnoreply@blogger.com