[Magdalen] Fwd: Our kind

[Mahoney, W. Michael]

Ain't no Advent hymn better than "The Stable Lamp is Lighted" as sung by
Ana Herndadez on "Keeping the Baby Awake", the CD by the Miserable
Offenders!

And it's not only the stones that cry when I listen to it.

Mike M.

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 2:52 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I always loved Advent best of all the seasons of the church year, and even
> though the Orthodox church doesn't have Advent per se, I'm celebrating it
> anyway. BTW, the Swedish church has some of the BEST Advent songs, not only
> the one we stole from them (Prepare the Royal Highway), but this one:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJSiV0StQU4&index=1&list=RDYJSiV0StQU4
>
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 2:47 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> wrote:
>
> > >>>Just happens to be close to the same time I'm observing the season of
> > Advent, preparing to celebrate the Feast of the Incarnation.<<<
> >
> > I like to remind those generally piss-offable in that regard, that
> > Christ's-mass doesn't begin until sundown on the 24th.  Until then, it's
> a
> > time of penitence and introspection.
> >
> > "But it's the Christmas season!"
> > "Nope, not yet.  And you better toss out your chocolate calendar lest you
> > have even more to atone for."
> > "You're just being a Scrooge!"
> > "At least he knew his calendar."
> >
> > M J (Mike) Logsdon.
> >
> > "Aaugh[.]" -- Charles Brown.
> > "Avoid dull needles and use a soft cloth." -- E Kovacs.
> >
>