[Magdalen] Hymnals and Perspective.

[ME Michaud]

Yup.

I go to considerable trouble to trim posts I'm replying to. On my device,
the content appears when you click on three gray dots at the bottom. And
there it be !
-M


On Tuesday, October 13, 2015, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think she was referring to the Amens!
>
> > On Oct 12, 2015, at 7:55 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > I never noticed anyone groaning at the end of our hymns.  I don't think
> > I've ever heard this phenomenon. Perhaps it's a regional practice.
> >
> > 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 Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 7:16 PM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Is there *anything* more dreary than those awful, desultory groans at
> the
> >> end of hymns?
> >>
> >> I, for one, don't miss'em one bit. Ugh!
> >> -M
> >>
> >>
> >> Pointlessly removing the amens because of their own narrow view of what
> it
> >>> meant -- to them -- was another stupid gaffe
>