[Magdalen] Sunday Funny

[Juli Tarsney]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp02v7pjUds
On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 9:34 PM Juli Tarsney <juli at tarsney.net> wrote:
>
> The myrrh-bearing women, at the break of dawn
> drew near near to the tomb of the Life-Giver.
> There they found an angel, seated upon the stone.
> He greeted them with these words: Why do you seek the living among the dead?
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isrdxckB4m8
>
> The women at the tomb are mentioned first at about 1:00 and again after 2:00
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 8:51 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I actually regretted the tone of my comment and tried to edit it to sound less snarky, not realizing it was too late, because I’d already hit Send.
>>
>> So, is that your church?  Nice that those women get some recognition!
>>
>> > On Oct 15, 2018, at 8:29 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Nope. The parish is named for the myrrhbearing women who came to the tomb
>> > on the first day of the week. They are very much revered in Orthodox
>> > tradition.
>> >
>> >> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 8:19 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> "Holy Myrrhbearers"??  Surely you jest...
>> >>
>> >>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 8:07 PM Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> This past Sunday I visited the local ROCOR (Russian Orthodox Church
>> >> Outside
>> >>> Russia) parish. More about why in another post. But before I made it
>> >> there,
>> >>> I had a slight bump along the way. Holy Myrrhbearers Church meets in a
>> >>> converted dentist's office building and you go around back to get there.
>> >>> It's really pretty well marked except....which door to go in. I opened
>> >> the
>> >>> first door and found myself in a tiny congregation of black faces with a
>> >>> liturgy being chanted in a *very* unfamiliar tongue. A lovely lady looked
>> >>> at me with an expression of part understanding and part amusement and
>> >> said,
>> >>> "You look for Russia? Next door." Between the combination of the
>> >> expression
>> >>> on her face and the way she put the question it was all I could do not to
>> >>> break into a fit of giggles. However, I followed her directions and
>> >> shortly
>> >>> found myself in Russia...er, the correct place.
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> 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*
>> >>