[Magdalen] End of an Era.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Scott K> 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.

Ever since I came out of the desert and back to church in the late '70s I 
have read the creed. To me it is not a 'knowing a prayer by heart' 
situation, it is a statement  that I want to make and sometimes ponder while 
stating it, but I reach for the prayer book every time to read it, and if 
I'm BPBless, often just listen to it, as I do not 'know it by heart' any 
more.  Apostles too.
Lynn

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From: "Christopher Hart" <cervus51 at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 7:58 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] End of an Era.

> 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
>
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