[Magdalen] One more liturgy post

[Joseph Cirou]

-----Original Message-----
>From: Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu>
>Sent: Dec 31, 2016 4:33 PM
>To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] One more liturgy post
>
>Well, it is an old legend.  Gregory the Great, if I'm not mistaken, was the
>one who collapsed all the Marys (except the Virgin Mother, of course) into
>one, and onward into the woman who anointed Jesus' feet and the woman taken
>in adultery. Eeesh is right.  Or maybe it was Leo the Great?  Maybe 3rd
>century, though.
>
>Ann
>
>The Rev. Ann Markle
>Buffalo, NY
>ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>
>On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 4:05 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Eeeesh.  Some of the people they ordain .....!
>>
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/31/2016 4:02 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>>
>>> 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:
>>>>
>>>> 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:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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?=
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>
No Gregory was the culprit,  too bad that sermon  wasn't lost through the ages Today the Benedictines (of which Gregory was a member) keep SEPARATE feasts of Mary of Bethany (with Lazarus and Martha) and Mary Magdalene 
Jo