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"in a special way"
« on: May 15, 2014, 11:57:49 AM »
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    • Why are priests and others always writing this phrase? Do they think it makes them sound really holy or something? Does anybody know when and how it started?

    E.g. "We insist in a special way on prayer."

    It makes them sound like liberals. So irritating.
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    « Reply #1 on: May 15, 2014, 12:01:24 PM »
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    It makes them sound like liberals.


    Or bullshitters.
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    "in a special way"
    « Reply #2 on: May 15, 2014, 09:55:32 PM »
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    • I have never heard a priest say this.  Perhaps I have lucked into avoiding the type of priest who would.
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    Stir up within Thy Church, we beseech Thee, O Lord, the Spirit with which blessed Josaphat, Thy Martyr and Bishop, was filled, when he laid down his life for his sheep: so that, through his intercession, we too may be moved and strengthen by the same Spir

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    « Reply #3 on: May 16, 2014, 02:24:08 AM »
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    •  :dancing-banana:
    I've heard this phrase used in ad libbed prayers by Protestants who want to impress others with how "spiritual" they are, when really, they have nothing to say!  Example, when praying for someone you don't like and don't care about, but you have to look holy in public, you pray, "Dear Lord, we ask you heal Mrs. So-and-So.  Touch her body "in a special way" that she might resume her normal activities. In Your Name we pray, amen." (Gag!!!!)
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     St. Francis Xavier threw a Crucifix into the sea, at once calming the waves.  Upon reaching the shore, the Crucifix was returned to him by a crab with a curious cross pattern on its shell.  

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    "in a special way"
    « Reply #4 on: May 16, 2014, 04:31:09 AM »
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    • Frances, you put me in stitches this time! :roll-laugh1:

    What a deep and meaningful thread.
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    Help of Christians, guard our land from assault or inward stain,
    Let it be what God has planned, His new Eden where You reign.

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    "in a special way"
    « Reply #5 on: May 16, 2014, 08:02:55 AM »
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    • I thought the phrase, "in a special way", referred to pregnancy.

    I don't remember ever hearing it in the way described above.
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    « Reply #6 on: May 16, 2014, 09:07:45 AM »
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    • Quote from: Sigismund
    I have never heard a priest say this.  Perhaps I have lucked into avoiding the type of priest who would.


    Francis says it all the time, lol. Search Pope Francis in a special way. I saw 4 examples on the first page of results.
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    "in a special way"
    « Reply #7 on: May 16, 2014, 08:28:07 PM »
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    • "The Eucharist is a community meal in which God is present in a special way."

    That could be a fish fry for crying out loud, but this is what they were teaching my brothers and sisters when they were in elementary school. That's what it said in their books that they weren't allowed to bring home (my sister sneaked hers home, and that's how my parents found out what was being taught.)  It's also when my parents started really understanding the total scam the Novus Ordo is.
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    Matthew 5:37

    But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no: and that which is over and above these, is of evil.

    My Avatar is Fr. Hector Bolduc. He was a faithful parish priest in De Pere, WI,

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    « Reply #8 on: May 17, 2014, 11:06:25 AM »
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    I thought the phrase, "in a special way", referred to pregnancy.

    I don't remember ever hearing it in the way described above.


     :dancing-banana: :roll-laugh1: You're thinking of, " In the family way..."!!!!!!!!
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    "in a special way"
    « Reply #9 on: May 17, 2014, 03:57:27 PM »
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    "Dear Lord, we ask you to heal Mrs. So-and-So. Touch her body "in a special way" that she might resume her normal activities. In Your Name we pray, amen." (Gag!!!!)


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    I thought the phrase, "in a special way", referred to pregnancy.

    I don't remember ever hearing it in the way described above.


    You're thinking of, " In the family way..."!!!!!!!!


    Indeed he is. Still, it's not difficult to see why someone would confuse the two expressions. After all, a woman ends up being "in the family way" because some guy has touched her body "in a special way."
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