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Morning Oblations to the Goddess Aurora, who had there an Altar,
Exilius 2008
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¶ And when the Alms and Oblations are being received and presented, there may be sung a Hymn, or an Offertory Anthem in the words of Holy Scripture or of the Book of Common Prayer, under the direction of the Priest.
To elevate or not to elevate Fr Timothy Matkin 2007
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¶ And when the Alms and Oblations are being received and presented, there may be sung a Hymn, or an Offertory Anthem in the words of Holy Scripture or of the Book of Common Prayer, under the direction of the Priest.
Archive 2007-05-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2007
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Reply Obj. 3: Oblations when once they are consecrated, such as sacred vessels and vestments, cannot be granted to the use of the laity: and this is the meaning of the words of Pope Damasus.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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Oblations, for instance, of themselves and their territory, &c., by chieftains are frequent.
Life of St. Declan of Ardmore and Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore Anonymous
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"Oblations (or masses) are not offered in vain for the dead."
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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But his Travels were not only painful, but profitable, living piously, and by that means having the blessing of God attending on his endeavours, making a holy use of his viewing those sacred places which he saw _Jerusalem_; Take an instance upon his sight of that place where the three wise men of the _East_ offered their Oblations to our
The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) William Winstanley
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Oblations properly so called fall to the use of the poor, not by the dispensation of the offerers, but by the dispensation of the priests.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Aquinas Thomas
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Mind to send Gifts, Offerings, Oblations, to have Masses said for everything almost, that a Ship goes not out to the _Indies_, but the
A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide John Ashton
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Oblations of monasteries are made in a similar way.
Life of St. Declan of Ardmore and Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore Anonymous
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