[Magdalen] Epiphany

[Jay Weigel]

Yeah, it does seem like a lot. I try to go about 15, though. It seems to
make a big difference, especially with a reading like that darned Ephesians
one from last Sunday, which has such long sentences with many subordinate
clauses. (When I was preparing for it I thought about diagramming one or
two of them, but it gave me a headache.)

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 6:35 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I was taught that you should pause for at least 20-30 seconds after
> > finishing the reading before saying "The word of the Lord", in order to
> > give the words a chance to sink in at least a little. A lot of readers
> > don't do that.
>
> That's a lot of seconds!
>
> In our Benedictine community, during the Offices, no conclusion is
> said. The reader simply finishes, pauses, and leaves the lectern. I
> like that.
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>