[Magdalen] Maundy Musings.

[Grace Cangialosi]

I've only been inside there twice.  Once was for the organ recital of a
friend, and the other time was to see the terra cotta Stations of the Cross
by Margaret Parker (with text by Daniel Berrigan) down in the crypt.  I
have to say, excellent acoustics or not, that it's one of the ugliest
spaces I've ever been in.  If I'd grown up looking at that mosaic of Jesus
over the main nave, I'd have been afraid to go to sleep at night!
Listening to the recital with my eyes closed worked, though!

On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 11:20 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I remember attending Sunday Mass there with my parents on a family
> trip to D.C. I was enthralled by the size of the place and the yuge
> reverb, and I wanted to live there and be one of the people who speak
> into the microphones and do so very slowly and with big pauses for the
> echo to clear enough so the next phrase can be heard. I can still
> conjure up the feeling I had there if I remember how the hymn "Come,
> thou almighty King" sounded. The very professional singers who served
> as cantors for the Mass impressed me greatly as well. Anyway, the
> National Shrine captured my imagination, bigtime.
>
> David, of course I completely share your view on men and women
> chanting together in octaves. Much better to alternate.
>
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 8:50 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
> <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> > These are  always
> > telecasts from the National Shrine (RC), Washington, DC, the  largest
> > RC church in the USA.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>



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Grace Cangialosi
Ruckersville, VA

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