[Magdalen] One more liturgy post

[ME Michaud]

Not long ago I saw a translation of an Irish carol
in which Mary sings
Alleluia
to the infant Jesus.

The trick is that she sings it as a lullaby.

It was incredibly moving.
-M

On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Actually, Lynn, she did give me a choice, because they were getting the
> bulletin ready. She said her preference would be Holy Name, but I could
> choose, and I said that would be fine. Then she gave me the choice of the
> NT reading.
> When I'm only doing a Sunday or two, I assume the rector or vicar will
> pick readings and hymns. They almost always email me the bulletins the week
> before.
>
> And I confess that while she and I were emailing about this, I hadn't
> thought about the implications vis a vis the Gospel readings.
>
> But I've had a thought. If we look at both Gospel passages, we can get a
> glimpse of the whole human/divine aspect of Jesus: He was in the beginning,
> and he was also subject to the same human customs as any other Jewish baby.
>
> Some good possibilities there, I think.
>
> > On Dec 31, 2016, at 12:47 PM, "Lynn Ronkainen" <houstonklr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I have often heard sermons that begin with a verse or several and the
> disclaimer from the preacher: "This is sometimes read on this day although
> it was not today ...."  then your intro + sermon.
> >
> > I'm fascinated that a supply priest would be instructed to the n'th
> degree on readings - is that usual in most places, dioceses etc??
> >
> > peace
> > Lynn
> >
> > website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
> >
> > When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
> not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave
> me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
> > "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a
> talk by Richard Rohr
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2016 11:33 AM
> > To: "Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> > Subject: [Magdalen] One more liturgy post
> >
> >> I'm supplying tomorrow at a church that I know well. They're having
> only one service, which will probably be sparsely attended.
> >> The rector said we need to observe the Feast of the Holy Name instead
> of Christmas 1 and gave me the choice of the two epistle readings. I chose
> the Phillipians 2 passage for that, but I'm really disappointed that we
> won't have the Prologue to John's Gospel. I love preaching on that passage,
> and it seems to me that we need all the light we can get right now.
> >> The other appointed readings are singularly uninspiring (sorry, but
> that's the way it feels!).
> >> I have occasionally departed from assigned readings, reading the
> substitution at the beginning of my sermon.
> >> Your thoughts?=
> >
>