[Magdalen] Palm Sunday in San Francisco.

[Ann Markle]

Gorgeous. Evocative of the mystery of it all in a way that few Palm Sunday
liturgies are. I suspect Jesus is happy, even if some others aren't.
Obviously mileages vary considerably. Just had Sara Miles here in the
diocese for a clergy quiet day and evening presentation.

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
On Mar 29, 2015 1:53 AM, "Cantor03--- via Magdalen" <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> This was posted on the DioBeth List, and I thought it was
> interesting.
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8OnRP9hUZk
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> I won't bother with my usual comments, since my views on this
> Saint Gregory of Nyssa parish in San Francisco, CA USA
> are probably much too well known.
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> But maybe two comments:
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> (1) The twirling colorful umbrellas during the Palm Procession
>       have been borrowed from the Coptics, who use  them
>       ceremonially to keep away flying insects  from the vicinity
>       of the altar.
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> (2)  I know well a Russian Orthodox deacon who has a friend who
>       is a Coptic deacon, and they have both  experienced St. Gregory
>       of Nyssa's Liturgy first hand.  They  came away offended that
>       so many Coptic/Orthodox liturgical  Traditions have been borrowed and
>       used completely out of context,.
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> It is a free world, and there is no such thing as liturgy police.
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> David Strang.
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