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To: Charles Henrickson; Cletus.D.Yokel; lightman; PJ-Comix

I’m using that on Saturday...

BTW, A very Merry Christmas to all. I hope your Christmas is fulfilling and a very memorable one.


15 posted on 12/23/2010 1:50:25 PM PST by bcsco
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To: bcsco; Charles Henrickson
One of my mentoring Pastors taught me--when at a congregational fellowship meal setting--to precede Luther's table grace by singing the Doxology:

Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise Him, all creatures here below,
Praise Him above, ye heaven'ly host,
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

My addition to that custom is to sing those words to the tune of a hymn appropriate to the season of the Church Year. During Advent and Christmastide we use Veni, Emmanuel (adding the "Rejoice, Rejoice..."), although one could also use Vom Himmel Hoch during the Twelve Days; Hamburg during Lent; and Lasst Uns Erfreuen (sprinkling in the Alleluias) during Eastertide.

67 posted on 12/23/2010 7:31:21 PM PST by lightman (Adjutorium nostrum (+) in nomine Domini)
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