[Magdalen] Arrow prayer request

[Marion Thompson]

Very informally in the rectory when it would be said anyway makes it 
more doable.  We share leading.

Marion, a pilgrim


On 12/1/2016 11:46 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
> I thought it was just the one person. We had daily office and various
> leaders were scheduled for it. For some time, it ended up being only the
> leader, and we finally gave up. There's never been interest in those daily
> office things. Even Bible study was difficult. Some would love it, but over
> time, folks had other things that took up their time.  You make time for
> what's important. Nuf said.
>
> 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 Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 4:44 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> We get best participation when Mass follows, and even better if
>> there's a class or discussion after that. But just one or two is fine
>> as well. Last night we should have had more for St. Andrew's Day, but
>> it was just the priest-in-charge and me for EP and one more (the
>> sacristan) for Mass. The PIC said later he appreciated the times when
>> it's just us two, and I said so did I, although I wouldn't want it to
>> happen often. When it does, it's cool.
>>
>> When it's best is EP before a big Mass on a big holy day, with 20+
>> people and more coming in, and I have to wait at the end of every
>> response for the nuns who keep their own slower pace no matter what,
>> and the blind parishioner who keeps just behind the pack because she
>> is saying what she hears (although she seems to know a lot of the
>> psalms by heart). I like the bigger group, the messy recitation, and
>> the need to mention a page number so as not to leave anyone behind.
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 1, 2016 at 2:56 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford
>> <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> You've been doing matins by yourself for three months, eh? Perhaps
>> another
>>> time would draw more interest -- or perhaps you'd just as soon keep up
>> the
>>> solo ....
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Scott R. Knitter
>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>>