[Magdalen] Punxsutawney Phil.

[Marion Thompson]

Re incense and beeswax.  It's both and, not either or.  That's what a 
proper church smells like.  :-)

Marion, a pilgrim


On 2/2/2018 1:45 PM, Ann Markle wrote:
> No, as to the candles.  Many churches now use plastic candles filled with
> oil (including our church -- and I don't care for them).  Lots of churches
> also use paraffin, and I don't care for the smell. Nothing like the smell
> in a church of beeswax candles!  Better than incense, IMO.
>
> The version of the Song of Simeon that's in our BCP is nicer than this, I
> think.  I love it, too, and always use it in my evening and/or nighttime
> prayers, as well as at the end of funerals.
>
>
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>
> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 4:24 PM, cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> It's a big day in the Western Pennsylvania town of Punxsutawney.  It's the
>> day of the groundhog and shadows, etc.
>>
>> It's also on the liturgical calendar as the Feasts of the Purification of
>> the BVM, the Presentation of Our lord, and Candlemas.
>>
>> I always love the Nunc Dimittis sung on this day:
>>
>>
>>
>> <Lord, now you let your servant go in peace,
>> your word has been fulfilled:
>> My own eyes have seen the salvation,
>> which you have prepared in the sight of every people:
>> a light to reveal you to the nations
>> and the glory of your people Israel.>
>>
>>
>> Do candles for the liturgical year have to have some
>> percentage of beeswax?
>>
>>
>>
>> David S.
>>
>>