[Magdalen] Vigil

[Joseph Cirou]

A condign punishment for the person who so poisoned you would be to listen
to the 15 Old Testament Lessons from the Byzantine Lectionary (usually
reduced) in Old Slavonic, Greek, and English with all the options for the
choral responses sung either in medieval Byzantine chant or Znamenny by a
tone deaf cantor

Joe (one of the visions of hell from the Syncretic Hermitesses underground
caves )

On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 7:30 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would probably love the Easter Vigil if it hadn't been poisoned for me
> years ago by the actions of one person. Apparently that poison spread to a
> lot of people in that church, though, and it's still not a popular
> tradition. According to my sources, there is still much grumbling and
> complaining about it from the people who are charged with getting it
> together, and the reception of the congregation has never been more than
> lukewarm at best. This year, because they are in supply mode, it was
> canceled, to (sotto voce) alleluias from the choir, acolyte corps, and
> altar guild, and no particular murmuring from the congregation.
>
> On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 7:11 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I only have to show up and stumble into a seat.
> > 4 a.m. for us.
> >
> > I think I'd better go to bed.
> > -M
> >
> > On Saturday, April 4, 2015, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Our Easter Vigil will begin about 7pm, and as of right now I'm still
> not
> > > sure whether I'll be singing the Exsultet or reading it.  Depends on
> what
> > > my voice is doing by then; it's a little unpredictable of late.
> > >
> > >
> >
>