[Magdalen] Easter Vigil.

[Scott Knitter]

I can understand the ideal of having the Great Vigil be THE parishwide
Easter celebration, but if mainly the clergy are the ones interested
in that ideal, it won't work so great. The big Sunday morning festive
Eucharist needs to be there, too, in many places. We've certainly got
that. (We do the Vigil at 8pm Saturday and then our regular schedule
at 8, 9, and 11 on Sunday). Might take some years to move toward the
Vigil only, and some won't be able to manage the time of day it
happens; for some it's too long or too strange...

On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 5:05 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> The Easter Vigil is a very cool thing in theory, but I was somewhat soured
> on the idea years ago when a friend and I asked some logistical questions
> about our rector's plan to completely scrap the Easter Sunday festival
> Eucharist in favor of the Easter Vigil and ended up being blamed for it
> being canceled entirely. I haven't quite warmed up to the idea since. I
> think I could, if it were held at a decent hour, but I don't like to drive
> at night any more.




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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA