[Magdalen] Feast.

[Marion Thompson]

Will it surprise you to hear that that did NOT happen at my poor 
benighted church this year, not even a pause?  I am  gutted.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 12/27/2015 11:55 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
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> In a message dated 12/27/2015 11:38:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> gracecan at gmail.com writes:
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> I love  preaching on the Prologue to John.>>>>>>
>   
> The Queen (Elizabeth II) used it as the basis for her Christmas
> Address this year.
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> 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.
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>   
>   
> David Strang.
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