[Magdalen] odd email

[Roger Stokes]

On 04/10/2016 01:55, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> I have a small, tangentially related peeve.  I hate it when folks use "The Lord be with you" as a call to order for a meeting or other gathering and then just proceed with the business of the occasion.
> I remember once in seminary when I was chairing a meeting that hadn't started yet. Another student declaimed the sentence, everyone immediately quieted down and looked at me. I continued looking at the one student who was eyeing me quizzically. Finally I said, "Well...?"  No response. So I said, "well you called us to pray--will you please offer the prayer?"  He did...

What gets me is when they say "The Lord be with you" *after* the prayer 
before a meeting.

Roger