[Magdalen] Holy Week

[Grace Cangialosi]

Judy,
St. Thomas, Battle Creek, was my mother’s home church, and I was there once, in the 70’s, for my grandmother’s funeral.

> On Apr 1, 2021, at 7:17 AM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> We have traveled to places (churches we loved for the Triduum) after Bill
> retired.  One of the stops was in Crossville with you.  We also visited
> Chicago and New York.  This week I am finding solace at St. Thomas, Battle
> Creek and Trinity Church Wall Street for online worship. Our parish had
> Palm Sunday and Easter only this week.  The church is open for individual
> prayer or stations.  I am yearning for more but I get it.  We have a new
> very part time rector who is not a liturgist but is doing a great job and a
> mostly older congregation.  I just can't imagine not having anything on
> Maundy Thursday. I will be sitting at my computer with Trinity Church.
> Judy
> 
>> On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 9:44 PM Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> I hope all are enjoying Holy Week, in whatever manner you're able. Our
>> Bishop still has the churches closed, though I did hear that one colleague
>> will be having a Great Vigil inside her church. She's vaccinated, what does
>> she care? To be fair, I know nothing about her protocol; maybe only fully
>> vaccinated people with the 2-week safety margin will be admitted.
>> 
>> I am grieving. Last year was hard, but I think I was still in a bit of
>> shock. This year I'm longing for the solemn drama of the liturgies. Most of
>> you know that during my tenure in Tennessee, and my first two years here at
>> Trinity, Lancaster, I offered services on Tuesday (Stations of the Cross),
>> Wednesday (Tenebrae), Thursday (agape meal,  Eucharist around the dinner
>> table, then procession into the nave and stripping of the altar), Good
>> Friday Liturgy, and Great Vigil, in addition to Sunday services. A real
>> marathon,  and it fed my soul, and I hope the souls in the parish, as well.
>> This year was Palm Sunday (I blessed the palms in the parking lot, then
>> went inside for the usual FM Eucharist broadcast), Good Friday, and one
>> Easter Sunday FM service (unless the forecast changes and we can be fully
>> outside).
>> 
>> My heart is breaking a little,  differently than usual during Holy Week.
>> But humility and obedience are the themes that are speaking to me from the
>> scripture readings this week.
>> 
>> 
>> Ann
>> The Reverend Ann Markle
>> Buffalo,  NY
>> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Hope is a thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
> Judy Fleener, ObJN
> Western Michigan