[Magdalen] Arrow prayers, please

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

And of course that is where we get Dec. 25th too.

http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/new-testament/how-december-25-became-christmas/

or

http://tinyurl.com/d79z7lo




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 Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well, there we are.  Mission accomplished.  For whatever reason we
> celebrated the Feast of the Annunciation today with those readings and
> Luke.  My first part was a history lesson on the significance of March 25th
> as the Annunciation and the traditional date of the Crucifixion, marking
> both the start and completion of Christ's life here on earth as well as the
> arc of Mary's own joy and sorrow. Stuff and so on.  I learned a lot putting
> that part together.  The two observances rarely coincide.  The next time is
> 2157 and we likely won't see it!  But nobody else ever will again if 'they'
> agree to fix the date of Easter.
>
> Anyway, it was well received and people loved hearing a bit of the rich
> history and double significance of March 25th as well as the second part
> more about Mary and Here am I.  I think most of us are woefully ignorant of
> what at one time was considered of profound importance.  I was happy to
> slip into the old role of chalice bearer, too.
>
> So, all good.  God is good and I am grateful for all the blessings of my
> new life.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
>
> On 4/10/2016 1:11 PM, ME Michaud wrote:
>
>> So how did it go ???
>>
>> John's Gospel (which we read some of this morning) speaks about time and
>> daylght and night.
>>
>> We must be about the Lord's work!
>> -M
>>
>> On Sunday, April 10, 2016, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Can't wait to hear how it went!
>>> Lynn
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Apr 10, 2016, at 5:46 AM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com
>>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm preaching this morning at St. Mark's!  First service of two is 8 a.m.
>>> Oy!  For a variety of reasons I slept very lightly and poorly last night
>>> and had the alarm set for 6:30 to be sure of being up in time.  But at
>>> 5:45
>>> my eyes popped open "I haven't ironed my surplice!" (washed the other
>>> day,
>>> thank goodness), so up and at it. I'm not quite as fresh and rested as
>>> I'd
>>> like to be for the occasion.
>>>
>>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>>
>>>
>