[Magdalen] Psalm - Whither Goeth Thou?

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

This sort of reminds me of when we had an interim a few years ago, Fr.
Will, as we called him, noticed a man who was a fairly regular attendee at
the early service.  However, he generally came just as the service was
starting and left just before it ended.

So Fr. Will, desirous of making some contact with this faithful member of
the congregation, one Sunday managed to get things so that he was actually
at the back of the church as the man was leaving.  He approached him and
said that he had seen him at the services often but never was able to say
hello, and he just wanted to talk with him.

The man fixed him with an icy stare: "I didn't come here to talk to you; I
came here to talk to God." And he then walked out.  Fr. Will was sad, but
realized the man just wanted to be there and not be engaged any further at
this time.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 12:19 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 3/14/2015 10:17:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> jguthrie at pipeline.com writes:
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> But  there will always be couch-potato parishes where the expectation is a
> morning entertainment by the choir (and clergy), occasionally interrupted
> by
> talking.>>>>
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> Sounds like a pretty good deal to me!   :-)
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> David S.
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