[Magdalen] Are we down?

[Jim Guthrie]

> On Feb 1, 2015, at 5:15 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> altar, whether they were lighted or not (some had the candles but
> never lighted them, as that crossed a line, apparently), whether

At Christ Church Bay Ridge, we had a Supply Priest one Christmas Morning who 
refused to begin the Eucharist unless the candles were lit.

Nobody had any matches, and there were none in the sacristy. I suggested that he 
could celebrate from the North Side and I’d find him a black cassock, but he was 
not amused.

Then I spotted someone who I was sure might have matches. I whispered to her 
that she needed to go to the Ladies Room. Once she was away from her family, I 
managed to get a pack of matches from her (I think the family prohibited smoking 
with their kids and she was trying to hide it).

In any case, she returned to her pew, and shortly after that I triumphantly 
entered the church and lit the candles(Just with the matches -- I was just 
waiting for him to complain that he couldn’t start unless the candles were lit 
with the proper taper. But he disappointed me on that score. We started about 15 
minutes late, and he ended up giving a two minute sermon "because he had to be 
somewhere."

Cheers,
Jim.