Saturday, January 08, 2005
Lex Orandi. Sample #1
Some congregations still have a problem of people who aren’t utilizing proper posture and gestures as they should during communion. This didactic song is just the ticket for them! As an added bonus, it bolsters the argument for having at least twenty Eucharistic Ministers! (Tune is “Table of Plenty”)
Chorus:
Come up the aisle, no one stay behind
We’ve hosts and cups here a-plenty!
All must progress through these snaking lines.
No waiting at minister twenty.
Verse:
Please sit until you march up here,
Then sit again once you’re through.
We can’t have anyone genuflecting
Or kneeling – that simply won't do!
You really shouldn’t be lagging
Behind in the pew, it’s uncouth.
Fasting, confessing first -- oh no! that’s dragging
Us back to the dark days of our youth!
[Important! -- following verse not for use at funerals]
Please smile, wave, converse and shake hands
With others as you’re walking by
This isn’t a funeral, we’re celebrating!
Hop to it. Hey you, look alive!
Please note: This piece in its entirety isn’t recommended for communities that have already implemented the suggestion of lit numbered signs (such as those found in grocery stores) for each Eucharistic minister, as it may cause an overload for minister #20.
Chorus:
Come up the aisle, no one stay behind
We’ve hosts and cups here a-plenty!
All must progress through these snaking lines.
No waiting at minister twenty.
Verse:
Please sit until you march up here,
Then sit again once you’re through.
We can’t have anyone genuflecting
Or kneeling – that simply won't do!
You really shouldn’t be lagging
Behind in the pew, it’s uncouth.
Fasting, confessing first -- oh no! that’s dragging
Us back to the dark days of our youth!
[Important! -- following verse not for use at funerals]
Please smile, wave, converse and shake hands
With others as you’re walking by
This isn’t a funeral, we’re celebrating!
Hop to it. Hey you, look alive!
Please note: This piece in its entirety isn’t recommended for communities that have already implemented the suggestion of lit numbered signs (such as those found in grocery stores) for each Eucharistic minister, as it may cause an overload for minister #20.
