[Magdalen] End of an Era.

[Christopher Hart]

When I have served as a subdeacon one of the functions has been to point
the readings in the altar book. It can be a useful aid even for a very
experienced priest to help him/her not lose his/her place. I usually don't
bother pointing the Lord's Prayer though.

On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well, there's the longtime priest who ran us off the rails at Evening
> Prayer by saying the Nicene Creed by heart....too bad the rest of us were
> trying to say the Apostles' Creed.
>
> And I think the person leading a service does well to follow the printed
> text even for very familiar prayers....the mind can go blank most
> unexpectedly.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Apr 2, 2015, at 11:04 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> > It's easy to go for overkill on the printed word in the BCP's for
> > Anglicans of all types.  Anglicans are always looking down at  their
> > printed worship aids.  Even clergy will read the Nicene Creed
> > off their open Prayer Book.
>



-- 

Christopher Hart

List Mail Address: cervus51 at gmail.com
Personal Mail: cervus at veritasliberat.net
Twitter: @cervus51