[Magdalen] Punxsutawney Phil.

[Joseph Cirou]

-----Original Message-----
>From: Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com>
>Sent: Feb 3, 2018 3:26 AM
>To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Punxsutawney Phil.
>
>Actually, to have it read sensitively as the coffin is being processed out can be very affecting. (That is an option in the  Aussie Prayer Book.) Almost better than having it sung or chanted.
>Regards
>Lesley de Voil
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: "Grace Cangialosi" <gracecan at gmail.com>
>Sent: ‎3/‎02/‎2018 10:09
>To: "magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Punxsutawney Phil.
>
>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
>> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 4:24 PM, cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>
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>> >
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>> > 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.
>> >
>> >
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>-- 
>Grace Cangialosi
>Ruckersville, VA
>
>*"Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great
>love."*
>*St. Teresa of Calcutta*
When I first began noticing Anglican funerals I thought the spoken Anthem at the entrance very strange. Now that I have heard it sung a few times, it is very effective. In that vein a spoken Nunc Dimittis could also be good

Joe