[Magdalen] Youth Sunday

[Jay Weigel]

Only as much as the CLERGY will allow.

On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> From: Lynn Ronkainen
>
>  Jim, I find it hard to believe that RC 'refugees' are driving any kind of
>> intense Marion observances unless they are joining an already 'high'
>> church, or perhaps very ethnically oriented (thinking Hispanic countries or
>> Vietnamese).
>>
>
> Having fought that war at Christ Church Bay Ridge, I beg to differ. I
> think people who come from other churches often have a hankering to bring
> with them the things they liked while opposing those things they don’t like.
>
> You'd be hard-pressed to persuade people who left the RCC for disciplinary
> reasons (remarriage after divorce, contraception, LGBT issues, young boys
> etc. thinking that the **theology** of Protestantism has anything to do
> with. I realize those of us who are or have been immersed in matters of
> theology might have trouble understanding those whose interests are far
> more prosaic.
>
> And you can easily prove that RCCers CAN sing simply by using the tune for
> "Daily Daily" when belting out "Ye Who Claim the Faith of Jesus" (208-209
> H82) or insert a **definitely** not Protestant (or TEC!) hymn like,
> "Immaculate Mary thy praises we sing/You reign now in heaven with Jesus our
> King."
>
> Even RCCers might blanch at the theology of Co-Redemptrix but that doesn’t
> mean they won’t bring their favorite hymn(s) with them.
>
> First thing you know you're added Assumption and Immaculate Conception
> and, yes, the May Crowning to the calendar. And not just parishes with A-C
> inclinations.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim Guthrie
>
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> Cheers,
> Jim
>
> Cheers,
> Jim Guthrie
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