[Magdalen] it's that time of the year

[Jay Weigel]

Back in the days of pagers, we all managed to (mostly) remembered to turn
them off during church, but occasionally there was an oops. There were at
least 17 nurses, a couple of doctors, and a veterinarian in the
congregation, as well as several others who were required to carry pagers
at one time or another. One Sunday during the sermon, a pager went off and
a number of us looked at each other inquiringly. Finally, from my vantage
point in the choir, I saw our vet making a dash for the narthex. The funny
thing was that the gospel of the day was "the voice crying in the
wilderness" so of course the priest had to make that comment.

Mike, I think your friend needs to see a surgeon about having that
broomstick removed.....

On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 12:59 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:

> when we welcome the stranger.
>
> This morning, during the second lesson, a phone rang. Then, during the
> Gospel, it rang again. And then we heard, "I can't talk now. I'm in
> church."
>
> Some were too polite to laugh.
>
> Some strangers are stranger than others.
>
> Also we have a choir member who carries her baby daughter in a sling
> fastened over her cotta. I told a friend about it, a rather rigid, lonely
> friend, because I thought he'd find it as charming as I do.
>
> "It's her responsibility to give her full attention to the director," he
> replied, most huffily. "Anything that distracts her shouldn't be
> tolerated."
>
> She has a beautiful voice, a beautiful baby, and curly hair. What's not to
> love?
> -M
>