Posted on 05/20/2011 6:50:51 AM PDT by marshmallow
The bishops of England and Wales will decide at their November meeting whether to reverse a 2006 decision and transfer the celebration of the Epiphany and the Ascension from Sunday back to their traditional days. If the transfer is approved, January 6 and Ascension Thursday will again become holy days of obligation.
“The Epiphany and the Ascension are still part of the rhythm of many people’s lives in this country, and so we are weighing up how we stand,” said Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster. “Bishops have gone away [from their May meeting] ready to listen to their priests and their people as to what is to be best gained, either by marking those two days in the rhythm of the calendar or with the advantages of an easier and fuller liturgical celebration of them on a Sunday,”
At their May meeting, the English and Welsh bishops restored the discipline of mandatory abstinence from meat on Fridays.
I wish the American Bishops would celebrate all the holy days on the “right” day ... this business of moving them to the nearest Sunday seems to me to promote spiritual sloth.
Seconded.
I agree. It’s “How can we ask as little of people as possible?”
People expect to make a serious effort for sports, including giving other requirements a lower priority. Fill in my Copyrighted Sports=Idolatry Rant here; I have to change a diaper.
Now for the American Bishops to do likewise. But the said “may transfer”
I pray that it happens.
It would be nice to have them all on the correct days. Might well add Corpus Christi into the mix just for fun.
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