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Ship of Fools: St Matthew’s, Borstal, Rochester, England
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Ship of Fools: St Matthew’s, Borstal, Rochester, England
Not the finest specimens of humankind – but a good sermon!
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Though 'ruddy' made me think of any New Zealand lad out every day on the family farm with. the sheep.
They didn't have this reading at Our Place. When I checked the lectionary, I saw that Our Place was using the *Related* readings (with a chunk of Ezekiel), whereas St Matthew's was using the *Continuous* readings.
I speak of the C of E's lectionary, of course - an arcane publication.
No such luck - they change the bleeping thing about every 20 years - 1961, 1980, & 2000 being the last three. Before that the Daily Office Lectionary had been modified in 1922, and 1871, but the Eucharistic lectionary had not been touched since 1662 and that was pretty minor. The good news is they are due to change it now, 2021, but there are no signs of them doing so.
OTOH, it gives the organist the chance to play some improvisations on tunes hitherto unfamiliar to the congregation...
At the service I MWed, the organist played a gentle prelude (composer unknown to me), an improvisation on *Holy, Holy, Holy* (Nicaea) during Communion, and what sounded very much like a Bach postlude.
Yes, and in Sumerian cuneiform, too...
Yes, twiddling around with an apposite hymn is what I do at the offertory while the readings and homily are still fresh in folks minds. PreMass, communion and postMass gets more solid fare.
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