I see some people genuflecting at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, but most do nothing. I thought this was an Anglo-Catholic parish? One woman seems to think she’s having an audience with The Queen — even though she’s dead — so she does this lame curtsy to the High Altar. “If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it” is what one person told me who makes sure she does a deep genuflection to make sure she stays in shape to continue to do it and she’s in her 80s. Many, if not most, people at High Church Saint Thomas do nothing. Are these people sure they’re in the right church? Maybe there’s a Baptist Church they would be better suited for since they don’t believe in doing anything when it comes to custom or Anglican protocol. And yes some people merely nod to the processional crosses rather than bow per Anglican protocol (although you won’t see that in the CoE). They also nod instead of genuflecting. Don’t put yourselves out, you lame people! You’d fit in nicely in the Low Church Church of England from what I’ve seen from them. Surprising to see for the Mother Church. They, too, could easily pass as Southern Baptist (and they don’t do anything).

What has happened to my fellow Anglicans? They’ve become lazy. Either that or they have brainwashed themselves with ageism — a very common ‘ism” these days — that, “I’m now old” regardless of their chronological age.