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My son is doning a crossword puzzle for the Ad Altare Dei medal for Boy Scouts. He;s stuck on “a symbol of the priest’s power to forgive”. 5 letters, starts with an S.

Can anyone help?

Thanks and God Bless You,
lovedbyHim
 
The Stole is a vestment, shaped like a scarf, worn around the back of the neck and hanging in front over both shoulders. It is sometimes crossed in front and worn inside a cincture, other times just worn loose. The Priest wears the stole when celebrating the sacraments, including the Sacrament of Reconciliation in which the Priest ministers God’s forgiveness.
 
JB.:
The Stole is a vestment, shaped like a scarf, worn around the back of the neck and hanging in front over both shoulders. It is sometimes crossed in front and worn inside a cincture, other times just worn loose. The Priest wears the stole when celebrating the sacraments, including the Sacrament of Reconciliation in which the Priest ministers God’s forgiveness.
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And Purple is the liturgical color for Penance.
 
JB.:
The Stole is a vestment, shaped like a scarf, worn around the back of the neck and hanging in front over both shoulders. It is sometimes crossed in front and worn inside a cincture, other times just worn loose. The Priest wears the stole when celebrating the sacraments, including the Sacrament of Reconciliation in which the Priest ministers God’s forgiveness.
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So, it reminds you that he is a priest and he can forgive you?
 
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lovedbyHim:
So, it reminds you that he is a priest and he can forgive you?
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More than that, it’s a symbol of authority, like a police officer’s badge. It derives from the stoles worn as symbols of authority by government officials in the Roman Empire.
 
I hope that lovedbyHim forgives me for he is clearly devout and raising his son as a devout Catholic. The Ad Altare Dei award is not given lightly.

[edited] Even many protestant denominations use stoles as part of vestiture during services as a sign of what they consider ordained ministry, and the symbol of the priest (otherwise unvested) removing the small purple stole from the case and putting it around his neck to administer either penance or the “last sacrament” is a common thing in the media.

BTW for the person who posted on this subject, the deacon wears the stole over one arm and crossed at the opposite waist. The priest wears it draped over both arms and tucked under the cincture. Only a bishop wears it around both shoulders and crossed at the abdomen.
 
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jbuck919:
…BTW for the person who posted on this subject, the deacon wears the stole over one arm and crossed at the opposite waist. The priest wears it draped over both arms and tucked under the cincture. Only a bishop wears it around both shoulders and crossed at the abdomen.
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I did not address the subject of Deacon’s stoles because Deacons do not have the authority to minister the Sacrament of Reconciliation. As to whether only Bishops may wear the stole crossed, are you certain? I thought that I had seen priests vest with the stole crossed when celebrating the TLM. But I may be mistaken.

Addendum: This article from EWTN states that Priests formerly customarily wore their stoles crossed, but that Bishops and others who wore Pectoral Crossses did not.

ewtn.com/library/Liturgy/zlitur64.htm
 
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jbuck919:
I hope that lovedbyHim forgives me for he is clearly devout and raising his son as a devout Catholic. The Ad Altare Dei award is not given lightly.

To not know what a stole is, when it is worn, and what it signifies and yet consider oneself a devout Catholic is to create a puzzle for others. .
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Oh my, I know what a stole is and so does my son. 🙂 But as a parent who went through RCIA 25 years ago I could not come to a clear explanation for my son as to why it is a symbol of the power of reconciliation. Don’t priests wear stole for reasons other than reconcilliation? :hmmm:

We all know, (or maybe some of us don’t) that six months of RCIA is a far cry from the education one may have received thru CCD, religious ed, parents, catholic schooling.

Yes, I do feel quite ignorant at times when I don’t know the answer to a question about catholicism, but I usually come here and receive the answer with respect and without judgement, 😉
 
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jbuck919:
I hope that lovedbyHim forgives me for he is clearly devout and raising his son as a devout Catholic. The Ad Altare Dei award is not given lightly.

To not know what a stole is, when it is worn, and what it signifies and yet consider oneself a devout Catholic is to create a puzzle for others. Even many protestant denominations use stoles as part of vestiture during services as a sign of what they consider ordained ministry, and the symbol of the priest (otherwise unvested) removing the small purple stole from the case and putting it around his neck to administer either penance or the “last sacrament” is a common thing in the media.

BTW for the person who posted on this subject, the deacon wears the stole over one arm and crossed at the opposite waist. The priest wears it draped over both arms and tucked under the cincture. Only a bishop wears it around both shoulders and crossed at the abdomen.
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:mad: how rude.
 
‘lovedbyHim’ you keep up the good work! As a mom of two Eagle Scouts, it is hard work, but a reward they will never forget.

Though my husband’s responcibility for the troop was the Ad Altare Dei award, we are Eastern Catholic(he’s a deacon), it was definately a challange to keep the boys focused on their faith and the necessity of this award. We did the Eastern Catholic version, and it was a very good program.

So my hat’s off to you :tiphat: Don’t let other activities get in their way. Sports and such offer a lot and are good, but they will never give them the quailities they receive in Scouting.
 
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lovedbyHim:
…Don’t priests wear stole for reasons other than reconcilliation? …
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Yes, the stole is usually worn whenever a priest, bishop or deacon ministers any of the Sacraments. There may be exceptions, of course. If an in emergency situation was to occur when a stole may not be available this should not prevent a priest from annointing or hearing the confession of a dying person.
 
Hello LovedbyHim - I came here for the same answer. Once i saw the answer, it was like “oh yeah…”

I am right there with you. I am working with my son on the same project and needed some help. (and I was raised Catholic, went to a Jesuit High School – and are have two kids in Catholic grade school, this one in Catholic HS)

You have a wonderful time working on that crossword also! And good luck to your son - Scouting is a fantastic program.
 
lovedbyHim said:
Oh my, I know what a stole is and so does my son. 🙂 But as a parent who went through RCIA 25 years ago I could not come to a clear explanation for my son as to why it is a symbol of the power of reconciliation. Don’t priests wear stole for reasons other than reconcilliation? :hmmm:

We all know, (or maybe some of us don’t) that six months of RCIA is a far cry from the education one may have received thru CCD, religious ed, parents, catholic schooling.

Yes, I do feel quite ignorant at times when I don’t know the answer to a question about catholicism, but** I usually come here and receive the answer with respect and without judgement, ;**)
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lovedbyHim said:
My son is doning a crossword puzzle for the Ad Altare Dei medal for Boy Scouts. He;s stuck on “a symbol of the priest’s power to forgive”. 5 letters, starts with an S.

Can anyone help?

Thanks and God Bless You,
lovedbyHim
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So…you want him to cheat in order to get the Ad Altare Dei medal for Boy Scouts? Are you serious??

I am a firm believer in letting students figure it out on their own. That way, the medal will actually mean something to him, and Mommy didn’t come to the rescue to spoonfeed him.
 
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