[Magdalen] Corpus Christi

[Chad Wohlers]

All this reminds me of an old commercial for Hebrew National hot dogs, 
where you see Uncle Sam calmly eating a hot dog while the voice-over 
says: "The government says we can add ... The government says we can 
..." etc.
And then the kicker: "But we answer to a higher authority." (Hebrew 
National hot dogs are kosher, needless to say).

So, while Gov. Scott or Gov. Baker, or whoever, say we can do church 
again, remember that "we answer to a higher authority".

This has been a topic of discussion on our parish Zoom coffee hour 
following the Sunday Zoom service. Nobody seemed to be itching to get 
back to "real church". It was pointed out that when we do finally get 
back into the building it will be under many restrictions - sitting far 
apart, no communion, no shaking hands or hugging at the peace, etc. As 
someone commented - "What's the point?".

So we'll be Zooming for a while yet. And one can't ignore a major 
advantage of Zoom church - it avoids a half-hour drive down to 
Montpelier, so one can sleep an extra half-hour.    ;-)

-- 
Chad Wohlers
chad at satucket.com
Woodbury, VT   USA


On 6/11/2020 12:57 PM, Scott Knitter wrote:
> I often get the urge to post a pointed statement on the naughty parish's
> Facebook or YouTube, and I've done so a couple of times but deleted it,
> figuring the bishop is probably aware and will contact them so why do I
> need to wag my finger. But I'd still love to do so. And it ticks me off
> that they won't wait as we are. Harumph!
>
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 11:02 AM Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> We are looking to be closed until September.  Our Diocesan Bishops and the
>> Metropolitan all say so, and  that is just fine with me.  Better to be sure
>> than sorry.  Unfortunately the Ontario premier  said that churches outside
>> the GTA can open at 30% capacity and that's what folks want to hear.  But
>> he isn't Anglican and our Bishops trump him.
>>
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 11:43 AM Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>