tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415011930907799790.post5996778198396130668..comments2019-09-07T11:41:29.305-07:00Comments on A New Parson's Handbook: Percy does posture, or: Standing up for Jesus?Andrew McGowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01304601214734931518noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415011930907799790.post-1363769820821559342010-12-11T18:28:41.675-08:002010-12-11T18:28:41.675-08:00Michael - that's interesting, and news to me. ...Michael - that's interesting, and news to me. I wonder whether the "compromise" might really have originated (given I take it you're reflecting on a practice in Sydney? Correct me otherwise) in an attempt to preclude hints of Marian devotion. In which case it strikes as worth comparing with the 'Black Rubric', insofar as liturgical practice is determined oppositionally.Andrew McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01304601214734931518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415011930907799790.post-31814335716819512762010-12-10T00:11:15.368-08:002010-12-10T00:11:15.368-08:00How common is that compromise at Evensong whereby ...How common is that compromise at Evensong whereby the congregation sits for the <i>Magnificat</i> but stands for the <i>Nunc Dimittis</i>?Michael Canarishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03395963110177542389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415011930907799790.post-40578435434153283222010-12-07T21:22:37.904-08:002010-12-07T21:22:37.904-08:00Percy was recently in attendance at Choral Evenson...Percy was recently in attendance at Choral Evensong where sitting was presented almost as a divine ordinance: not only was there no provision in the order of service for the custom of standing for the <i>Gloria Patri</i>, the same leaflet told the congregation to sit for the first reading, to remain sitting for the <i>Magnificat</i>, then to stay seated for the second reading, then to stay seated for the <i>Nunc Dimittis</i>. Since there was no intervening rubric telling the congregation to adopt any other posture meanwhile, this was somewhere between oppressive, hilarious or just exasperating... <br /><br />And of course the rubric for the prayers said (wait for it) "sit or kneel" - as though these were equivalent - after which an occasional rite interpolated into the office had the congregation <b>standing</b> for prayers. <br /><br />Of course what this communicates as a whole is that posture is indifferent, but clerical directions are paramount. A cheer for at least three or four of the congregation who boldly flouted these sedentary admonitions and stood at the appropriate times for the doxology and the canticles!Andrew McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01304601214734931518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415011930907799790.post-32227410988030908932010-12-07T21:18:39.140-08:002010-12-07T21:18:39.140-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Andrew McGowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01304601214734931518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8415011930907799790.post-561251089702363132010-11-14T22:09:21.045-08:002010-11-14T22:09:21.045-08:00I remember being surprised to discover that in som...I remember being surprised to discover that in some Lutheran churches at least there was a tradition of sitting for hymns and standing for prayers and the reading of Scripture. Each to his own!!!DjittyDjittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03604963189291316495noreply@blogger.com