[Magdalen] Feast.

[Judy Fleener]

At St. Paul's Muskegon, I was the only one who genuflected during John's
gospel.  I was seated with the choir, serving as the Eucharistic minister.
Judy

On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 10:55 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> > My memory may be fuzzy, but the Prologue to John has served as
> > the Gospel for the Mass of Christmas Day.  In any case, it is, I  think,
> > the only time the deacon/priest stops the proclamation at, "and the
> > Word was made flesh..." and he and the entire congregation goes
> > down on one knee for awhile before finishing (In the RCC).  I
> > have always been very impressed by this for it acknowledges the
> > very essence of Christmas.
> >
> > Of course the Tridentines still do the "Last Gospel" at the end of
> > every Mass, complete with the genuflection.
>
> We normally "hit the deck" at "And the Word was made flesh," but this
> year we were short-staffed (my dear partner blew off Mass despite my
> pleadings; I've forgiven him but was very angry about it yesterday)
> and another acolyte was AWOL. So we were all multitasking. I did see
> the celebrant, standing at the sedilia, genuflect. Some parishioners
> might have as well, but we hadn't reviewed this before Mass so no one
> in the Gospel party did. Each year we have to sort out who does and
> who doesn't. As subdeacon, I wouldn't, because I'm holding the Gospel
> book; the crucifer wouldn't, either (partly because it's hugely
> awkward) and neither would the two acolytes with candles who attend
> the crucifer. I think the deacon, MC, and thurifer would genuflect and
> so would the celebrant and anyone else left back in the sanctuary, and
> the people. We pretty much missed it this year. Perhaps that'll appear
> in the next airing of grievances. But attendance was very low indeed
> yesterday, so maybe not.
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>



-- 
Judy Fleener, ObJN
Western Michigan