[Magdalen] Punxsutawney Phil.

[ME Michaud]

Am not planning to have a funeral myself,
but have been to a few awkward scatterings
where the Nunc Dimittis would really have helped.

Note to self: suggest this in “instructions.”
-M


On Friday, February 2, 2018, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:

> 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.
>