[Magdalen] One more liturgy post

Joseph Cirou romanos at mindspring.com
Sat Dec 31 20:49:57 UTC 2016







-----Original Message-----
>From: Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu>
>Sent: Dec 31, 2016 3:12 PM
>To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] One more liturgy post
>
>My feelings were exactly the same.  On the Ordo Kalendar, it's the only
>feast listed (Holy Name, not 1 Xmas), and Morehouse only sent us inserts
>for Holy Name.  I'm also very disappointed.  But oh, well, I'm just the
>"hired help."  If it were my call, I'd print up my own leaflet and do 1
>Xmas for John's prologue.
>
>Ann
>
>The Rev. Ann Markle
>Buffalo, NY
>ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>
>On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 12:33 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> 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?

Joe


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