[Magdalen] Today's Google Doodle?

[Jon Egger]

Before plaintiff and I got married we had to speak with her Ukrainian
Catholic priest.  He was questioning both of us with a clearly uotdated,
pre-VatII questionnaire.  Of course, plaintiff's questions were first.  I
sat there hoping I could get through my questions without laughing.

Stern Priest turned on his ancient office chair and started asking me
questions.  I could hardly stand it.  Near the end he asked "Are you now or
have you ever been a Mason?"  Without skipping a beat I said "No, but I've
done a lot of home canning."  Plaintiff froze and kicked my shin.  Stern
priest and ornery dude stared at each other.  Stern priest turned to
plaintiff and said "You better watch this one..."

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Grace & peace,
Deacon Jon Egger



*“In every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who
has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, or religion, or both to
deceive and overawe the People."(Eugene V. Debs, Anti-War Speech, June 16,
1918) *


On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> from my current parish
>
> A reading from the book of xxx, chapter x
> or
> A reading from the book of xxx, chapter x, beginning at the x verse
>
> R: The word of the Lord.
> R: Thanks be to God
>
> Lynn
>
> My email has changed to: houstonKLR at gmail.com
>
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
>
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not
> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me."
> attributed to Erma Bombeck
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Scott Knitter" <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 8:12 AM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Today's Google Doodle?
>
>  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.
>>
>
>