[Magdalen] Saint Michael and All Angels.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Insensitive apparatchiks who know they are losing their hold on their
private bag of marbles, and they well know that if anyone really looks at
the services they actually render, all will realize that the emperor is
wearing no clothes.

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 6:37 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.
> >
> >
>