[Magdalen] A brighter note?

[Christopher Hart]

Gift, as a transitive verb, is in my 1974 edition of the Concise Oxford
Dictionary. I occasionally find its usage awkward, but not incorrect.

On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 12:38 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> My personal teeth grinder is the word gift used as a verb! Where did that
> come from??
>
> > On Jun 8, 2021, at 12:16 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I felt the same way when first receiving the sacrament again - bread
> only.
> > We have been every Sunday worshippers since early in our marriage and
> now,
> > that hole is once again filled.
> >
> > Using disciple as a very is as bad as using fellowship thusly.  Teeth
> itch
> > time!
> >
> > Ginga
> >
> >> On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 11:42 AM ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> According to the Bishop's instruction, the priest consecrates at the
> altar
> >> and then moves up the aisle dropping (not placing) the wafer into our
> >> outstretched hands. It seems to be working fine.
> >>
> >> I was surprised by the extreme drama of my emotional reaction when I
> >> received for the first time in over a year. Was driving home, had to
> pull
> >> over in Kenmore Square. Cried like a three-year-old.
> >>
> >> BTW I got an online ad/invitation to an evangelical start-up in the
> area.
> >> It used "disciple" as a verb.
> >> -M, flabbergasted
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, Jun 6, 2021 at 4:15 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I’m interested in knowing how you distributed communion. We’re still
> not
> >>> having folks come forward, but are distributing the wafers in
> individual
> >>> paper condiment cups at the point in the service where the Peace takes
> >>> place. At the point in the Eucharistic prayer where the Holy Spirit is
> >>> invoked, people hold the wafers up, and I bless them. We consume them
> >>> together at the usual place in the service after the words “The gifts
> of
> >>> God…”
> >>> I know people are handling this in all sorts of ways, but this was what
> >>> was done at an Easter Vigil service I attended, and it seems sound. I
> >> don’t
> >>> think my folks are ready to come to the rail yet.
> >>> Did Georgia put the wafers directly into people’s hands?
> >>>
> >>> Is she going to be your interim?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
>


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