[Magdalen] For Lynn

[Scott Knitter]

Perhaps he had the attitude my dad expressed at one point: "Why keep
singing all those verses once the priest has arrived at wherever he
was going?" Um, because the whole thing is either a prayer or a
reflection, and meant to be done completely?

On Sat, Apr 30, 2016 at 6:37 PM,  <thedonboyd at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> Lynn, I'm sorry (though not especially surprised) to hear that the organist for your mom's memorial service disappointed you.  It was easier for him to let you think he was agreeing to your request than to get into a discussion, and I am certain that, so far as he was concerned, the preferences of the priest trump those of a fallen-away family member he would never see again.  (And, of course, had he acceded to your request he might have had to keep his butt on the bench for an extra five minutes.)




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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA