[Magdalen] Punxsutawney Phil.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Jim Cantore sure looked amazing in his puppeteer-like hat. Six more weeks.
Sigh.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 1:45 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> 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.
> >
> >
>