[Magdalen] Saint Michael and All Angels.

[ME Michaud]

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.
>
>