[Magdalen] Hot in church tomorrow?

[Christopher Hart]

We had priest once who used to wear shorts under his cassock in the summer
and being of the very high church persuasion he wore the cassock even after
the service while refreshments were served on the lawn. Unfortunately, he
also chose to wear a white cassock in the summer and if the light was
behind him, well you get the picture.

On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 9:51 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Reminds me of the summer our vestry, in their wisdom, decreed that we would
> not use the A/C in our building in Tennessee, beginning in May. It was one
> of the hottest Mays on record and of course everyone did whatever they
> could to stay cool. The choir was the hottest place in the church, being
> off in a corner where there were no windows and not much circulation going
> on. We females were wearing very light dresses under our robes (it being a
> more formal time than now) but the guys were suffering a bit more.....all
> except for one pair of brothers who showed up in shorts. "Well," said one
> practically, "no one can see what we're not wearing under these robes."
> Which was true, since they were ankle length on both of them. I did have to
> giggle, though, when a pair of long, bare, hairy (and shapely!) legs
> stretched out beside my char during the sermon. They were, after all,
> handsome young men....
>
> On Sun, Jun 26, 2016 at 5:23 AM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It will be hot , no AC in our building.
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 25, 2016 at 10:27 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> > magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 6/25/2016 9:14:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > > scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
> > >
> > > so we've  been a bit toasty in church  lately>>>>>>>
> > >
> > > That's the way it was in the olden days before A/C was commonplace
> > > in churches.  I think that contributed to the appalling "swooning"
> that
> > > was seen back in the day.  Church goers would simply get  overheated
> > > and pass out.
> > >
> > > A/C isn't needed much in Germany because of the cool, often overcast
> > > weather, but when it does get warm and humid, it was an experience
> > > to go to church and be assaulted by the body odor.  The last  time
> > > this happened to me was at Frauenkirche at Oberwesel/Rhein  (1997)
> > > and if I ever wanted incense on the heavy side it was on that
> occasion.
> > > Germans do not generally use deodorants.
> > >
> > > I was cantoring an RC Mass up the road at Diocese Scranton's largest
> > > parish on a Sunday when the A/C was kaput.  During the  Canon
> > > the presider suddenly stopped and asked the assembly whether he had
> > > said the Words of Institution.  He had not, since the pages of  the
> > > altar missal had stuck together from the moisture.  He had to go  back
> > > and finish up.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > David Strang.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
> > Western Michigan
> >
>



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