[Magdalen] On a humorous note

[Christopher Hart]

That sounds pretty much like our pattern except that for #3 our choir
members would come to the communion rail to take communion themselves.
Don't yours?

On Saturday, October 10, 2015, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> We've got the choir at the back (west gallery), and the standard
> Communion music is:
>
> 1. Agnus Dei right after the bell, as the people start coming forward
> 2. A motet or anthem
> 3. The Communion chant of the day, either just once or interspersed
> with psalm verses to fill the remaining time during which people are
> receiving
> 4. Communion hymn once the last person has received
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>


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