[Magdalen] odd email

Grace Cangialosi gracecan at gmail.com
Tue Oct 4 14:16:12 UTC 2016


LOL!  Never heard that!

> On Oct 4, 2016, at 3:18 AM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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


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