[Magdalen] A brighter note?

[Grace Cangialosi]

OK, I stand corrected. However, it seems that it has only recently been used that way with any frequency.

> On Jun 8, 2021, at 1:05 PM, Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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