[Magdalen] Readings?

[Christopher Hart]

Well, this morning I attended my former parish, The Church of the Good
Shepherd, in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. They used only the Epistle and Gospel.
The canon of the mass was mostly silent (at least as far as the smallish
congregation was concerned) which I really dislike. BUT they were
celebrating the Solemnity of Corpus Christi with a procession of the
blessed sacrament at the end of mass followed by benediction. They also had
a choral missa brevis by Zoltán Kodály, so it was worth putting up with the
arcane liturgical elements. It is not my regular place of worship however.

On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 11:07 AM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I prefer epistle or OT-psalm- gospel combo myself.
> For cryin’ out loud... church is the only place some churchgoers even
> hear/read scripture. Exposure and preaching may pique their interest in
> knowing more.
> Lynn
>
> On Jun 3, 2018, at 7:16 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I would guess that the more low church, the greater the possibility of only
> one or two lessons besides the gospel.  I take offense at the priest's
> sentiment that reading OT, PS, NT, plus Gospel is giving the congregation
> too much scripture.  What does he know about a person's need/ability to
> read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest scripture???  Perhaps he may find it
> difficult to preach with 'so many' texts read.
>
> Since 2012 when Good Shepherd, Summerville, SC was established as a result
> of the schism in SC, we have used RCL's three suggested readings, plus the
> gospel for the day.  Our current priest-in-charge is high church at heart
> and by years of experience, so I doubt that format will change anytime
> soon.   But, reading all three lessons is customary in (yes, snakebelly
> low) South Carolina.
>
> My $0.02.
> Ginga
>
> > On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 6:27 AM ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > “The people sit. One or two Lessons, as appointed, are read.”
> >
> > no page numbers in Kindle version :-(
> >
> > That said (or quoted), I’m SMH.
> > -M
> >
> >
> >> On Saturday, June 2, 2018, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I’m curious to know how many of our US sibs use just two reading on
> > Sunday
> >> morning?
> >> The interim at a church where I’ve done a lot of supply and will again
> > for
> >> a few Sundays just does one reading, the Psalm and the Gospel. For the
> >> first reading he picks either the OT or Epistle reading for the day.
> >>
> >> When I expressed surprise at the change, it sounded as if he was doing
> it
> >> because he’s been doing this for 40 years, and it’s more Scripture than
> > the
> >> congregation needs.  That’s a bad paraphrase, but it seemed to be the
> > gist
> >> of what he was saying.
> >>
> >> I don’t have the prayer book with me at the moment, but I thought the
> >> Sunday Eucharist was supposed to include all three assigned readings
> plus
> >> the Psalm. I know weekday Eucharists, especially those commemorating
> >> saints, only have two readings and a Psalm assigned, but that’s not the
> >> case for Sunday.
> >> This is literally the first time I’ve attended a Sunday service without
> >> all the readings.
> >>
> >> Your take on this?
> >
>



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