[Magdalen] One more liturgy post

[Ann Markle]

Also not very thoughtful, well-educated, or well-informed.  Sorry it was
yours to endure.

Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu

On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 1:15 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This summer our priest, being on holiday, had  left instructions that St.
> Mary Magdalen should be honoured.  The fill-in fellow, who was something of
> a doofus in my book, told us of that instruction and laughed and said that
> he knew nothing about her and so he had Googled her.  His sermon was pretty
> much what Google had to say.  Not in the spirit of things, I would have
> said.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
>
>
> On 12/31/2016 12:47 PM, Lynn Ronkainen 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?=
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>