[Magdalen] Today's Google Doodle?

[Scott Knitter]

We tend to use "The Word of God, written in the book of N." ... "This is
the Word of the Lord/Thanks be to God."

I've researched why this is, and the best I can come up with is that it's
from the last alternative book leading up to the BCP. Apparently the parish
liked it and kept it when the BCP was issued. But it is not always used,
even in bulletins. And one can't always assume the bulletin will be used by
the reader.