[Magdalen] Punxsutawney Phil.

[Ann Markle]

Right at the end, after the committal. I walk out, speaking the canticle,
with the urn (it’s nearly always an urn, though I’ve also done it
processing behind a casket, with the cross leading and the family
following). More effective than a hymn, IMO. Also serves the purpose, even
if there’s not an interment, to get the family out of the church ahead of
everyone else, for either a receiving line or a reception. Of course, music
lovers will prefer a hymn, but I'd prefer the hymn directly after
communion, just before the committal.

On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 7:08 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I love the idea of using it at the end of a funeral--never thought of it!
> Where, exactly, do you put it?
>
> 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
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