[Magdalen] Epiphany

[Lynn Ronkainen]

speaking of pauses during church...

I first experienced this when attending 'chapel' while visiting seminaries, 
and then at churches where recent seminary grads now priests were given a 
hand in defining the course of the service - a quiet pause with no music 
following the reading of the gospel and/or the sermon.  In some cases 
'taught' that this was a time for reflection, for those who wondered why the 
pause, lack of music (if used formerly), no immediate jump into the Creed 
... happened.

I was intrigued when our cathedral called the new Dean almost 2 years ago 
now... we had been in the pause mode for both gospel and post sermon, but we 
now have music, music, music.  At first it was a jolt, and I sometimes still 
find my self missing the quiet pauses.

Lynn

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From: "Jim Guthrie" <jguthrie at pipeline.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2015 9:19 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Epiphany

> 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.
>
> Or as the reluctant oldtimers still missing the '28 tend to say when they 
> read:
>
> V: "Here Endeth the Lesson"
> R: Thanks be to God.
>
> Some would say the ideal is a full minute, or even the length of time it 
> took to read the lesson.
>
> But most congregations (and I daresay most clergy) want to get it over 
> with as soon as possible.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim Guthrie