[Magdalen] On a humorous note

[Jim Guthrie]

There are various schools of thought as to music at communion.

The worst, IMNSHO, are the parishes where Communion is Little Good Friday" 
instead of "Little Easter." Good Friday hymns at communion are the pits, I 
think. I'm more of the joyful lampshade on the head dancing in joy communion 
camp, of course -- but that's often hard to get across to a congregation.

Then there's the notion that communion hymns should be easy for the congregation 
to sing without using a hymnal, because they're moving around and not carrying 
books. Bread of Life fits that, though I realize the musical purists just hate 
it. I sang in a choir where the other bass refused to sing it, and after awhile 
finally decided to just sit and look grumpy when it was scheduled,

Another model is that of a choir concert -- gorgeous music, but in parishes 
where the choir still sits in the old Morning Prayer stalls and communicants 
have to pass though between them, it leaves many communicants with the uneasy 
feeling they are interrupting, which is not the right state of mind for 
approaching the table, I think.

Cheers,
Jim Guthrie







-----Original Message----- 
From: Sibyl Smirl
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 7:46 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] On a humorous note

On 10/9/15 6:29 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> Well, I have to confess that I like this hymn...thought it should NOT be sung 
> kneeling during Communion! But I also love this little parody, and I get it! 
> YMMV, and all that...
>
>> On Oct 9, 2015, at 6:42 PM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> A new verse to one of the worst crafted hymns of all time.  It's on my
>> short list of hymns I hate most.
>>
>> http://www.episcopalcafe.com/bread-of-life-one-more-verse/

I _love_ the hymn, without reservation, and I don't want to hear a
parody verse.


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