[Magdalen] Today's Google Doodle?

[Lynn Ronkainen]

 "It's Sadduces, not Sarduccies!"
(well Italians are middle eastern, kind of, right?)

LOL,  Afternoon-coffee-on-monitor moment!

hugs
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

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From: "Jon Egger" <revegger at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 3:50 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Today's Google Doodle?

> Before I was ordained, I often read the lessons at Resurrection.  I was
> corrected by plaintiff once after I returned to sit with her after the
> lesson.  She whispered,>
> +++
> 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 Thu, May 7, 2015 at 3:15 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Makes me think of the Bishop visiting a parish.  They had just started, 
>> and
>> it seemed there was no sound coming from the mike.  The bishop tapped it 
>> a
>> couple of times and said, "There is something the matter with this
>> microphone."
>>
>> The congregation firmly responded, "And also with you!"
>>
>> 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 Thu, May 7, 2015 at 6:14 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> > From: Christopher Hart
>> >
>> >  In my experience when the reader says "Here ends the lesson." the 
>> > usual
>> >> response from the congregation is "Thanks be to God." It's just out of
>> >> habit I'm sure, but it sounds amusing to have people giving thanks 
>> >> that
>> >> the
>> >> lesson is over.
>> >>
>> >
>> > I can think of congregations where for some lessons, the response is 
>> > out
>> > of relief that they don’t hear about themselves one second longer <g>. 
>> > I
>> > know of others where they really mean it because the lesson has dragged
>> on
>> > so long that they worry about being delayed for coffee hour.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Jim
>> >
>> >
>>