[Magdalen] Corpus Christi

Thu Jun 11 21:41:57 UTC 2020

Marion, that is very kind of you! I shall pass the message on to Fr Isaac (Provost) and Chris Cromar (Director of Music/organist).

You would be more than welcome any time you are here!

The service can still be seen online for anyone interested.

Best wishes

Ferdinand

-----Original Message-----
From: Magdalen <magdalen-bounces+f.von-prondzynski=rgu.ac.uk at herberthouse.org> on behalf of Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
Reply to: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Date: Thursday, 11 June 2020 at 21:00
To: cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Corpus Christi

Ferdinand,

I shall go back and watch the whole thing because my badly-managed day
brought me in at the post-communion prayer.and so on to the Adoration --
humeral, incense, Blessing, Tantum Ergo, Divine Praises, and all.  I burst
into tears, such was the impact.  I believe I'm starving for larger than
life -- Everything.

The organist is fabulous.    What a treat!  The Provost has great warmth to
him.

Marion, a pilgrim

On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 2:23 PM Ferdinand von Prondzynski (Emeritus) <
f.von-prondzynski at rgu.ac.uk> wrote:

> The service is precisely at
>
>
> https://www.facebook.com/st.andrews.cathedral.aberdeen/videos/271559003953095/
>
> Ferdinand
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Magdalen <magdalen-bounces+f.von-prondzynski=
> rgu.ac.uk at herberthouse.org> on behalf of "Ferdinand von Prondzynski
> (Emeritus)" <f.von-prondzynski at rgu.ac.uk>
> Reply to: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Date: Thursday, 11 June 2020 at 18:45
> To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Corpus Christi
>
> St Andrew's Cathedral (from which the livestream will come) is also
> closed, except for livestream services. The only people physically in
> attendance are the Provost (Dean), his daughter (who is an excellent
> soprano singer), and the Director of Music on the organ (physically half a
> mile away from the sanctuary...).
>
> So there is quite a lot of music, not least because the DoM is a real
> virtuoso organist, and enjoys hamming it up enormously on the organ. Any
> organists amongst you will be thrilled...
>
> There will be incense, but the Provost (Fr Isaac Poobalan, of Indian
> extraction, and a wonderful priest) has to manage all that himself. It is
> all live.
>
> If you do get to watch, tell me what you think.
>
> The order of service is put together by my humble self...
>
> So, the service:
>
> https://www.facebook.com/st.andrews.cathedral.aberdeen/?epa=SEARCH_BOX
>
> and the order of service:
>
>
> https://www.standrewscathedralaberdeen.org.uk/uploads/6/7/1/6/6716875/servicebooklet-ls-corpuschristi-11jun20.pdf
>
> Ferdinand
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Magdalen <magdalen-bounces+f.von-prondzynski=
> rgu.ac.uk at herberthouse.org> on behalf of cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Reply to: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Date: Thursday, 11 June 2020 at 18:22
> To: "magdalen at herberthouse.org" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Cc: "cantor03 at aol.com" <cantor03 at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Corpus Christi
>
> Big day for the Tridentines,, of course.  I never tired of the Solemn
> Procession, led  bytwo girls walking backward, strewing rose petals.
> Participation was optionl for the choirand so I mostly skipped the marching
> through the streets during those 15 years Isang the Tridentine Liturgy.
>
> I just think the present pandemic is the worst crisis for church music for
> all time.An article in the Living Church weekly says unequivocally the most
> dangerousthing for church goers is taking Communion and then singing in a
> choir.
>
> David S.
>
>
> In a message dated 6/11/2020 11:40:01 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> marionwhitevale at gmail.com writes:
>
> > Today is the Feast of Corpus Christi, sadly not particularly recognised
> in
> > the US Church Calendar. However, St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen, is
> > celebrating the day with a livestream Solemn Eucharist, with Benediction
> of
> > the Blessed Sacrament, at 7.30 pm this evening UK time (2.30 pm ET in the
> > US).

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