Sunday, August 19, 2007

Elvis And Catholicism Revisited One Final Time(This Year) :)


Non Catholic Elvis Presley Sings the MIRACLE OF THE ROSARY in this You Tube Vid. Very beautiful and has a nice intro on the Rosary too before it gets to Elvis singing.

I am glad that I am not the only Catholic Blogger that is still thinking about Elvis. Whispers in the Loggia has another post talking about what happened on August the 14th. I promise I will try not to post a fourth time on this subject this week

Here is a part of his post Where "Hound of Heaven" Meets "Hound Dog" .
word came in of the annual Assumption Day ritual at the Memphis parish whose boundaries encompass Graceland....A reader writes:
At St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church... the 3PM mass for the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary, just hours before the Candelight Vigil, is always [offered] for the repose of the soul of Elvis Presley....[T]he church was filled to capacity. There were also camera crews (one from Europe somewhere, and one from Reuters) taping everything.At the offertory, we sang a medley that combined "Immaculate Mary" with Elvis' "Miracle of the Rosary," and the homily talked about how Mary leads people to Jesus, and if Elvis is in heaven, it's because he too led and leads people to Jesus. Also, for the sake of any non-Catholics who were there, the pastor explained the Church's understanding of Mary. He was joined by four concelebrating priests in town for the anniversary of Elvis' death, two of whom were from other countries.
It's not too often you get a Dual Holy Day... if anyone's ever wanted more reason to do Elvis Week, it's definitely something to keep in mind.

I found this all lovely and very proper in a way. I wonder how we can incorporate this into the extraordinary form of the Latin Mass.

On a more serious and urgent note please check out his post on the tragic unfolding events in Peru

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