[Magdalen] One more liturgy post

[Charles Wohlers]

You are correct, of course. Sometimes (usually?) my poor brain fails to 
engage properly.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: Grace Cangialosi
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2016 2:25 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] One more liturgy post

I believe the Presentation is February 2nd. Tomorrow is  the Feast of the 
Holy Name, formerly the Feast of the Circumcision. (I'm glad they changed 
the name.)

> On Dec 31, 2016, at 1:23 PM, "Charles Wohlers" 
> <charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> I wouldn't consider the rector's instructions "to the n'th degree", as 
> readings for the Feast of the Presentation are supposed to be used 
> tomorrow.
>
> Lee does supply regularly at a parish near here, and their custom is to 
> send her a copy of the bulletin a few days in advance for her 
> comments/approval. Of course, she will have looked up the readings some 
> days before that so as to be thinking about sermon topics.
>
> All of which reminds me - I'd better go over the readings myself, as I may 
> be reading them tomorrow. The "LEM scheduler" has me with a new person - 
> I'm supposed to be the experienced one, even tho I've done it there only 
> twice (albeit many, many other times in other places).
>
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Lynn Ronkainen
> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2016 12:47 PM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] One more liturgy post
>
> 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?=
>