[Magdalen] Feast.

[Joseph Cirou]

But do they sing the Seasonal Anthem to Our Lady St. Mary during the Last Gospel? as the civilized Tridentines do (as received in Paris. We know God speaks Hebrew, Greek, and French (Latin in translation)

Archimandrite Iosaph (amanuensis of Mother Egregia and Mother Ste. Folitesse)



-----Original Message-----
>From: Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>Sent: Dec 28, 2015 4:04 PM
>To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Feast.
>
>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:
>>
>> In a message dated 12/27/2015 11:38:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> gracecan at gmail.com writes:
>>
>> I love  preaching on the Prologue to John.>>>>>>
>>   
>> The Queen (Elizabeth II) used it as the basis for her Christmas
>> Address this year.
>>   
>> 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.
>>   
>>   
>>   
>> David Strang.
>>
>>
>>
>> .
>>
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