[Magdalen] Quiet

Marion Thompson marionwhitevale at gmail.com
Fri Aug 25 20:47:53 UTC 2017


LOL  A lonely outpost of Anglo-Catholicism, so half the congregation 
would happily say;  the other half would reveal their Protestant bias, 
their Presbyterian or United Church roots.  One or two have left, having 
failed to convert the Incumbent.  :-) Incense, sadly, is infrequent = 
What a remarkably high percentage of people with COPD we have in our 
congregation!

A few of us say 'mass'; most don't, I assure you.  I like to slip it in 
and get people accustomed to it.  There have never been more than five 
of us at Compline, so we are not bothering anyone.  On the other hand, 
the BVM certainly gets her due on her special Days!   Don't we belt out 
'Mary we hail you. full of God's favour'!  (It's a singing congregation, 
which is refreshing!  They even cope with the plainchant Psalm each 
week)  Although our choir is small and fluctuating in attendance, we 
often sing Latin motets AND I'm fascinated by our use of the Anglican 
Use Gradual which studs our liturgy with plainchant.  As I arrived at 
the same time as our Incumbent, I don't know how things were in the 
previous regime, but I really doubt it was in use before that moment; 
the books are too new.  He and our organist (who is RC but involved in 
many parts of the musical world out there) are kindred spirits -- there 
is peace and happiness in music land!  How about that?!

Happily,

Marion, a pilgrim


On 8/25/2017 4:03 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
>
> In a message dated 8/25/2017 2:27:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> marionwhitevale at gmail.com writes:
>
> We  finish with Compline and sing Salve Regina.  With
> morning prayer  three mornings a week and the weekly  mass,>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>   
>   
> You must be in an upper fringe of Anglicanism.  Locally, the  Procathedral
> congregation put up such an uproar over using the R. Proulx  "Community
> Mass" simply because it was entitled "Mass."  It's use was  discontinued.
>   
> I therefore cannot imagine the "Salve Regina" being sung in any form,
> Latin or English.  While I was in the Procathedral choir, we got by
> chanting the
> Eastertide Marian Antiphon, 'Regina Coeli," because we chanted in  Latin,
> and half covered our mouths for the last line, "Ora pro nobis..."   Such
> tricks!    I'll bet even the Blessed Virgin was giggling  over that one.
>   
>   
>   
> David S.
>



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