[Magdalen] Two questions for the assembled multitude

[Jay Weigel]

My friend Gail, now a United Methodist lay minister, was raised Roman
Catholic, married young, and had a bevy of children as a young military
wife. She related to me that once in church she heard one of her little
ones devoutly praying, "but say the word, and my hole will be sealed."

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 6:31 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> And with this I should stop commenting at all about the POHA, as we
> don't even use it (we're Rite II except we sing the Rite I settings of
> the Ordinary).
>
> We do use the Ecce Agnus Dei / Domine non sum dignus, just before the
> priest's Communion:
>
> C: [holding the Host and Chalice up, toward the people] Behold the
> Lamb of God; behold him who takes away the sins of the world. Happy
> are those who are called to his supper. Lord, I am not worthy that you
> should come under my roof.
> P: But speak the word only, and my soul shall be healed.
>
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > People who don't like the prayer do tend to single out the "crumbs"
> > bit, when the key word in the prayer is "mercy."
>
>
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>