Funny Mormon moment

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Today our Parish had a reconciliation service. As we were waiting in lines for our turn, beautiful instrumental music was playing in the background. Suddenly, I heard “Come, Come Ye Saints”. :eek: I burst out laughing (I’m not a quiet person in real life) and I couldn’t even explain it to anyone. I get up to my Pastor and tell him and he bursts out laughing. A couple of people came up to me and asked me what sin I had that made the Priest laugh. 😊

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I don’t get it.
Is that a mormon song? And if so, why was it being played at your parish?
 
Yeah, it’s a Mormon hymn. They were playing a CD that had a bunch of instrumental music, so there was no words. It was just playing in the background as people were waiting in line.

Pretty sure I was the only one who knew it was Mormon until I told the Priest.

Steph
 
Looking it up, the music was written two years before the words. There is a Christian version that rewrites the third verse. Tabernacle Choir sings it frequently.
 
It’s a beautiful song…I know that the Mennonite Brethren have it in their hymnal as well. I’ve sang it with the congregation at a MB church I visited with friends.
 
I used to teach at a Catholic high school which had some Mormon students. One such student shared a story in Theology class: When her little brother started kindergarten he would often get off the bus announcing yet another girlfriend. Finally the family [jokingly] renounced him as a polygamist.

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tundramom said:
Today our Parish had a reconciliation service. As we were waiting in lines for our turn, beautiful instrumental music was playing in the background. Suddenly, I heard “Come, Come Ye Saints”. :eek: I burst out laughing (I’m not a quiet person in real life) and I couldn’t even explain it to anyone. I get up to my Pastor and tell him and he bursts out laughing. A couple of people came up to me and asked me what sin I had that made the Priest laugh. 😊

Steph
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That is funny. Our hymn book says it is from an old English tune. William Clayton wrote the words as the Latter-day Saints crossed the plains on the way to the Rocky Mountains.
 
It’s listed as “All is Well” in some hymnals.It was written by William Clayton and he was Mormon.
 
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