[Magdalen] One more liturgy post

[Grace Cangialosi]

I went to an Easter Sunday service a few years ago where the interim was a priest I'd known for a number of years. He ended the sermon by saying something to the effect that what was remarkable was that Jesus' first Resurrection appearance was to a prostitute! Yes, that was the very last word in his sermon!
It was all I could do to remain in my seat instead of running up and throttling him...

> On Dec 31, 2016, at 3:57 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:
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> It was AWFUL, especially his very jokey, flippant attitude.  I've preached on her a few times and there is much to say!
> 
> Marion, a pilgrim
>> On 12/31/2016 2:22 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>> Ooh!! I would have LOVED that opportunity; Mary M is one of my personal favorites in the Gospels, and I think she's gotten a bum rap, which I always like to address.
>> 
>>> On Dec 31, 2016, at 1:15 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> 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
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>>> 
>>>> 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
>>>> 
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>>>> 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?=
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