"Matins and Holy Communion"
There has been a bit of an ongoing (or perhaps I should say "repeated") discussion about Morning Prayer, particularly among those who grew up familiar with it. It's a lovely service, especially when sung, but our canons require Mass when a priest or deacon is present so it's only read Sundays when both Fr. Daniel and Deacon Ed are absent.
But some of us recall starting with Morning Prayer and transitioning to Holy Communion. We haven't done that yet (that I recall), but it looks like we will in a couple of days. The only sad part is that it will be on Christmas Morning when attendance will likely be pretty low.
I hope some of those who've been talking about Morning Prayer pick up on this and attend!
posted by Continuing Home @ 10:02 AM
3 Comments:
At 7:30 PM,
Anonymous said…
Personally, I am enamored with the rubrically authorized option of an abbreviated Morning Prayer -- through the first canticle and the Old Testament reading -- and then straight into Holy Communion.
While those who enjoy the full MP service won't be fully satisfied, its a great way to bring back the historical Old Testament Lesson back into the Communion Service (the original way for both Eastern and Western Christians), and it does not unduly extend the overall time of the Sunday liturgy.
At 4:53 PM,
Rev. Dr. Hassert said…
mr. bredon--
Agreed. At our parish we do a full Morning Prayer at 9:30 and then the full Eucharist at 10:30. At times I'd like to utilize the rubrics and "combine" the two services.
AC+
At 5:19 PM,
Continuing Home said…
This morning we had the abbreviated Morning Prayer into Holy Communion. Beautiful! Especially with the sung Venite.
(For some reason we're not singing as much of Holy Communion as we used to. I will have to ask Fr. Daniel why.)
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