[Magdalen] Epiphany

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

"My gratitude to the lectors for such fine readings of the lessons.  If
your readings had been guided by the Frammis system instead of the Widgett
Sytem, the readings would have been <gives scriptural citations>.  Speaking
of which, if you'll all open your Bibles to blah blah blah, you will notice
the first of those readings. Now the interesting thing about this reading,
at least to me, is <insert prepared sermon here>"

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> On 05/01/2015 21:42, Jim Guthrie wrote:
>
>>
>> Have we not picked up on the fact that no two parishes do everything
>> alike in TEC yet?
>>
>
> That is the pain for clergy who guest in different parishes.  TEC allows
> fewer options but it can be a right pain this side of the pond.  "It's
> normal Order X, Father" - yes, but with which options? What is missed out?
> Where do you have hymns?  What am I expected to sing or allow time for the
> organ to give the congregation the note? Are you keeping the feast of St
> Mildred of Patagonia as you have a special devotion to her?
>
> I recall way back when I was in seminary we had a visiting preacher for
> the main college Eucharist on the Friday evening.  He had prepared his
> sermon on the readings for the previous Sunday not realising that we had a
> daily Eucharist and were using what was then called the Daily Eucharistic
> Lectionary.
>
> In the C/E we have the option to observe the Epiphany on the Second Sunday
> of Christmas when there is one as there was this year as it does most
> years.  Some years ago it was realised that there is a problem when 6
> January falls on a Sunday and the Baptism of Christ was observed the
> following Sunday, putting us out of sync with others following RCL.  Now if
> Epiphany falls on a Sunday then the Baptism of Christ is observed the next
> day (or not at all) so getting round this problem.
>
> Roger
>