[Magdalen] Saint Michael and All Angels.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Oh for heaven's sake!  Do what makes sense to you so long as you are doing
it for the people who are receiving, and what their needs are, and just
ignore the noise of the apparatchiks.

I think it is really an important thing to make it a point not to take
those folks seriously.  It just encourages them if you pretend their views
are that important. (and, no, they are not)

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 Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 9:16 PM, Charles Wohlers <
charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:

> I think the issue is the timing. That is, define "immediately after". Can
> the LEM stay for coffee hour? Can the communion sit in his or her car or
> home until the evening? etc.
>
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Georgia DuBose
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 9:10 PM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Saint Michael and All Angels.
>
>
> That's what I did when I was a lay Eucharistic minister: left from the
> church to go see the people and share the Body of Christ. Why is that
> problematic? I thought it was a blessing and a privilege to be able to
> do so.
>
> Georgia+
>
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 3:37 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I remember when they first floated the idea of licensing lay people
>> to bring communion to shut-ins. It was more than thirty years ago,
>> I bet. Between a hundred and fifty and two hundred people showed
>> up (this is a big diocese).
>>
>> They were hammering us with restrictions, and when they got to the
>> rule that the communion had to happen immediately after the main
>> service of the day, could not be put off until evening or Monday.,
>> a woman who resembled Mrs. Santa Claus (wire-rimmed glasses,
>> sturdy little body with a relaxed bust line, white bun and flowered dress)
>> had had enough. She stook up and yelled
>>
>> HOW LONG DOES THE BLESSING LAST?
>>
>> We all left angry. And I remember thinking: what was the diocese
>> thinking? The most devout and committed laypeople showed up
>> at that meeting. And the agenda appeared to be to control and
>> infuriate them all.
>> -M
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, September 30, 2015, Marion Thompson <
>> marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Why in God's name would a bishop send him to us?  Just another
>>> breathtaking example of episcopal insensitivity.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>