[Magdalen] Psalm - Whither Goeth Thou?

[ME Michaud]

We had a problem with fasting communion because of this.

In the early days, it was Eucharist at 8:00, then people went home to
breakfast, then at the 11:00 service only the clergy received. It truly
was a performance.

When the principal service went to 11:00 (and ran for over an hour),
acolytes were dropping like flies. A period of adjustment followed.

Screens: at my great-aunts' convent in Quebec, the nuns sit beyond
a very fobidding screen, while lay visitors sit in the same chapel,
unable even to see the sisters, just to hear them.
-M

On Friday, March 13, 2015, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:

> Does this performance tradition stem from the notion that the sacrifice
> was to be offered by the initiated on behalf of the unwashed masses?  It is
> indeed an ancient tradition (isn't that what rood screens are for?) but it
> has theological underpinnings that we've discarded.
>
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