[Magdalen] Funeral Service at Saint Martin's, Houston.

[ME Michaud]

I have seen the flags displayed and WAVED
In front of the altar at Trinity St, Augustine.
While the congregation sang My Country Tis of Thee.
I never went back.

While there was a whole lotta Texas in the service today,
I hope the display of flags was an anomaly.
There were four former presidents present, after all.
-M


On Saturday, April 21, 2018, cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> There has been discussion of the place of flags
> in the church setting in the past.  The oddest use
> of flags I've ever seen is the custom at the Paris, France
> TEC Procathedral.  This involves singing "My Country 'Tis of
> Thee" at the offertory.  Two acolytes stand at either horn
> of the high altar with TEC and USA flags dipped at a 45
> degree angle during the singing.
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> In a message dated 4/21/2018 2:18:04 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> eleanor.braun at gmail.com writes:
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> A tiny detail that threw me off....in the retiring procession both the US
> flag and the Texas flag were carried, but not the Episcopal flag. I've
> never seen a state flag in procession, and these days very rarely the US
> flag.
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