[Magdalen] Readings?

[Grace Cangialosi]

The “Solemnity of Corpus Christi”?? Is that even a thing in the Episcopal Church?

> On Jun 3, 2018, at 1:22 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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> Christopher Hart
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