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[Linda Anderson]

(09-30-2012 05:51 PM)Jim Garrett Wrote:  It just jumped out at me. What a poignant moment. Mrs. Surratt is kissing the crucifix! I got a question.....why do they remove the shoes from the condemned?

Here is the photograph that Jim is referring to that Betty posted earlier in the thread. I never noticed the crucifix before or the white stole the priest is wearing. According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, "the stole is only used, and must be used, at a function peculiar to the deacon, priest, and bishop, a function that presupposes the order (e.g., at the celebration of Mass, when the Blessed Sacrament is touched, when the sacraments are administered), but not for example, in processions or at Vespers." Does anyone know when Mary received Extreme Unction, now called Anointing of the Sick?

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