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

[Eleanor Braun]

Well it was in the diocese of Texas , and that is the full
name—ThegreatstateofTexas!  ;-)

On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 3:22 PM Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> And somewhere near the end, was it the Bishop of our great state Texas –
> oh my.


Eleanor

>
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>
> From: Eleanor Braun
> Sent: April 21, 2018 2:18 PM
> To: Magdalen
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Funeral Service at Saint Martin's, Houston.
>
> Well it pretty much followed the BCP Rite 1 burial service.
>
> 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.
>
> Eleanor
>
> On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 2:07 PM, cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Even though I tuned in somewhat late, I saw the
> > entire Barbara Bush televised funeral service.
> >
> > Funerals tend to be highly personal, even sometimes
> > in denominations with a strong fixed liturgy like the
> > Anglican churches.  This funeral seemed not to evidence
> > much from the Anglican Tradition, being as it was a sort
> > of free form prayer service with no reference to either
> > the Prayer Book Eucharist or Morning Prayer.  The BCP
> > final Burial Office and the opening funeral anthems were used.
> >
> > There were two standard hymns that one finds across the
> > board in the various Christian denominations, including
> > that ever popular "Amazing Grace," augmented with
> > trumpets on the last verse that made it seem to be out
> > of an English Coronation.
> >
> > Saint Martin's is newish, and very large by USA standards.  Even
> > with the place packed for this funeral, there appeared to be at
> > least a 3-4 second reverberation time.  What a marvelous
> > place for choral music.
> >
> > Two Protestant warhorses sung by church choir and a soloist
> > were "In the Garden," and "Jerusalem."  They are (?too)
> > frequently heard in my family Methodist Church, and in this case,
> > must have been something the senior Bushes brought with them
> > from (was it?) their youthful Presbyterian background.  Barbara Bush
> > was apparently Confirmed in 2015.  At least that's what the Rector
> > of Saint Martin's implied.
> >
> > Several bishops in rochet and chimere were there, and the Bishop
> > of Texas gave the final Comendation and Blessing.
> >
> >
> > David S.
> >
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