[Magdalen] new clergy laugher

[Don Boyd]

Vivacious

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On Dec 30, 2017 12:16 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Oh, the things they don't prepare you for in seminary!! 
>
> On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 12:31 PM, Suzie Buchanan <buchanan.suzie at gmail.com> 
> wrote: 
>
> > So, I've now been at my new parish for 5 months. Earlier in the week I 
> > assigned lessons to readers for tomorrow's Lessons & Carols service.  Then 
> > printed the bulletins, with "read by N." with each lesson. 
> > 
> > NOW, I find out that I assigned the creation story to the man who I guess 
> > is fairly well known in the parish for he and his wife's naturist 
> > practices. (This is new information for me.) He has just emailed me with a 
> > warning that it might end up seeming ironic to many in the parish that he 
> > is reading the lesson about being naked and ashamed.  He's not sure he can 
> > keep a straight face as he reads it. 
> > 
> > I emailed back that at least he's reading the lesson in which God doesn't 
> > seem to think the naked body is shameful. 
> > 
> > But . . . Maybe it isn't too late to reassign the readings? 
> > 
> > Suzie 
> > 
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>
> -- 
> Grace Cangialosi 
> Ruckersville, VA 
>
> *"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great 
> love."* 
> *St. Teresa of Calcutta*