[Magdalen] Two questions for the assembled multitude

[Lynn Ronkainen]

And I think this may be the first time I ever equated this prayer ( which I was never fond of) with the gospel about the woman who talks about crumbs for the dog. Is that its basis?
Lynn 



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On 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."

> On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> "We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under Thy table..." Sound like groveling to me. And we've already made confession and received absolution.  If nothing else, it seems out of place at this point in the liturgy.




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