[Magdalen] Three Kings.

[Marion Thompson]

Ah, right!  I’m sure I saw the Madchenchor  proceeding through the smoke some years ago right here in the Pub, thanks to you or someone.   Deep sigh.  Incense does so enhance – everything.

Marion, a pilgrim
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From: Scott Knitter
Sent: Monday, January 7, 2019 2:48 PM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Three Kings.

Here's the Mädchenchor singing that chant (after an organ intro)...hope the
link works.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8-xOvFeCK6aUUVlcE9uR056Y1E


On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 1:44 PM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:

> I, too, marveled at the man in the sparkly hooded cope and wondered if he
> was playing the role of a "wise man from the East." In fact, Cardinal
> Woelki joked along these lines in his introduction. Here's who that was:
>
> Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal is the current Major Archbishop of
> the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. He was named to the College of
> Cardinals of the Catholic Church by Pope Benedict XVI on 24 November 2012.
> At the moment of his selection, he was the youngest member of the College
> of Cardinals.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baselios_Cleemis
>
> I was so glad the wonderful Mädchenchor sang the Mass but a little
> disappointed they didn't proceed into Mass chanting Tria sunt munera, about
> the three gifts of the Magi. They do this every so often when they sing the
> Mass on a Sunday, and hearing it and watching them proceed through the
> smoke looks a bit like heaven to me. :)
>
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 11:40 AM Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Tallk about a cast of thousands!  Tell me about the bearded fellow
>> wearing a helmet and standiing at the Cardinal’s right hand.
>>
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>
>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>>
>> From: Scott Knitter
>> Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 7:33 PM
>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Three Kings.
>>
>> Epiphany pontifical Mass from Cologne Cathedral:
>>
>> https://www.domradio.de/video/pontifikalamt-am-hochfest-erscheinung-des-herrn-1
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 2:30 PM Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com
>> >
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I’ll bet it was glorious.  I missed, as I always do, incense chez moi.
>> > It’s a curious thing, that at our 8 a.m. Eucharist in trad. language,
>> the
>> > deeply trad. permanent server at that mass does bells, but we at 10:30
>> are
>> > very seldom so blessed.
>> >
>> > Marion, a pilgrim
>> >
>> > Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>> >
>> > From: Scott Knitter
>> > Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 3:05 PM
>> > To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>> > Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Three Kings.
>> >
>> > >>>>>>>>>>>
>> > Serving today at Choral E&B at Ascension, Chicago. Solemn Mass was
>> > glorious.
>> >
>> > On Sun, Jan 6, 2019, 12:41 PM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
>> > magdalen at herberthouse.org wrote:
>> >
>> > > Epiphany Thoughts -
>> > >
>> > > Driving over to the Sachsenhausen section of Frankfurt/M just across
>> > > theMain River and parking beneath the Plane trees done Louis XIV
>> > Style,for
>> > > the weekly organ recital by Helmut Walcha at the lovely Three
>> KingsChurch
>> > > each week was a ritual for me in the 1960's.
>> > > And I won't forget celebrating Epiphany at the great medieval Shrine
>> > > bygoldsmith Nicolas of Verdun for the reliquary of the Three Kings
>> > > incavernous Cologne Cathedral.
>> > > Why is it that there are so few churches dedicated to the Magi in
>> > > the USA?
>> > >
>> > > David Strang.
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Scott R. Knitter
>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>>
>>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>


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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA