[Magdalen] Readings?

[Christopher Hart]

Maybe not in Virginia, but in Anglo-Catholic circles, sure. The actual
feast day was celebrated locally at St.Clement's Church in Philadelphia on
Thursday evening. I'm sure they did an over-the-top ceremony, but I wasn't
there. I have been in the past though.

On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 1:49 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Christopher Hart
> >
> > List Mail Address: cervus51 at gmail.com
> > Personal Mail: cervus at veritasliberat.net
> > Twitter: @cervus51
>



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