This is only an aside arising from the visit to the Chapter of Dr. Peter Kwasniewski of Wyoming Catholic College.
last Friday, which was the 13th, was Bl. Margaret of Castello's feast day. Friday, July 13, 2007 is the release date for the next Harry Potter movie. The association of dark and evil and bad things with Friday 13th is something we are all familiar with, but Peter pointed out to me that this was not so historically; that actually Friday the 13th was considered an aspicious and holy day. If you Catholic mind is running ahead of me, or you already knew this and this ol' convert is just filling in his holes, then OK, bear with me... but Friday, the day of the crucifixion, where the 1 God in 3 persons died for our salvation... see? This is similar to the term "Hocus Pocus" which is stolen from the latin of the words of consecration, to be a magical incantation, not to mention that horrid ditty "you do the hokey-pokey and you turn yourself around..." It's amazing how entrenched anti-Catholicism is.
As one born on Friday the thirteenth of March, I'm grateful to Peter for redeeming my birthday!
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not to mention that horrid ditty "you do the hokey-pokey and you turn yourself around...
ReplyDeleteHey, didn't we just do that for our Communion hymn not too long ago?