[Magdalen] Triddum Time.

[Scott Knitter]

And it seems appropriate that during these three days the liturgy feels
like something's gone wrong.

On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 2:31 PM Simon Kershaw <simon at kershaw.org.uk> wrote:

> The rubrics of the Church of England's "Common Worship: Daily Prayer" do
> make this provision and it is used in my daily implementation on their
> website and also at almanac.oremus.org
>
> Usually at least one person complains each year that half the service is
> missing and something has gone wrong. So we just point them to the rubrics.
>
> simon
>
> On 09/04/2020 18.23, Scott Knitter wrote:
> > Every Triduum, I cringe a little bit if someone brings up the secret,
> > special way the officiants should be leading the Daily Office on these
> > three days. It is traditional, but the BCP doesn't call for any of the
> > changes. I've offered the view that if we want people to know the
> secrets,
> > we should publish a Triduum office booklet. Well, St. Paul's, K Street,
> has
> > done so, and it's quite good. It's Rite I and KJV, so I'm using it as a
> > guide to praying the Rite II and NRSV office I normally keep.
> >
> > Like the stripping of the church, the office gets cut back: no
> introductory
> > material but start with the psalms...read the lessons "bare," without
> > introduction or any conclusion. No creed, short Lord's Prayer, added
> > recitation of Ps. 51, then Good Friday collect stripped of its
> conclusion.
> > No Angelus nor anything else at the end.
>
>
>
> --
> Simon Kershaw
> simon at kershaw.org.uk
> Saint Ives, Cambridgeshire
>


-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA