All 40 Uses of "congregation" in "A Prayer for Owen Meany" - Auto-generated

And he was always misplacing his glasses, which he didn't seem to need—that is, he could read without them, he could look out upon his congregation without them (at least not appearing to be blind); then, all of a sudden, he would commence a frantic search for them.†

p. 116.4

congregation = people who worship together in the same building

Owen was supposed to announce the wondrous new presence that lay in the manger in Bethlehem, all the while flapping his arms (to draw attention to the giant wings glued to his choir robe, and to attempt to quiet the giggles of the congregation).†

p. 152.6

MAYBE THE SHEPHERDS CAN JUST STARE AT THE 'PILLAR OF LIGHT' THE BIBLE SAYS THE ANGEL OF THE LORD APPEARED TO THE SHEPHERDS—NOT TO THE WHOLE CONGREGATION.†

p. 163.9

While the rector read, the kings bowed to the Baby Jesus and presented him with the usual gifts—ornate boxes and tins, and shiny trinkets, difficult to distinguish from the distance of the congregation but somehow regal in appearance.†

p. 174.3

In the Canadian climate, the fan is supposed to push the warm, rising air down—back over the chilly congregation.†

p. 179.4

So that our creative assembly could gather out of sight of the congregation, a tripartite screen had been placed in front of the rude manger—a gold-brocade cross adorned each purple panel of the triptych.†

p. 217.5

And as the Announcing Angel began his harrowing descent to the shepherds, thus distracting the congregation from us, the purple screen would be removed.†

p. 217.6

The "pillar of light," following the shepherds and kings, would lead the congregation's rapt attention to our assembly in the stable.†

p. 217.7

Hidden from the congregation's view, but ominously visible to us, Barb Wiggin seized the controls of the angel-lowering apparatus like a heavy-equipment operator about to attack the terra firma with a backhoe.†

p. 219.9

From the congregation—as the janitor tiptoed out of sight with the tripartite screen—there arose a single murmur; but the Christ Child quieted them with the slightest movement of his hand.†

p. 220.5

Barb Wiggin, trying to prevent the angel from swinging, turned Harold Crosby away from the shepherds and the congregation—so that he continued to swing, but with his back toward everyone, as if he had decided to spurn the world, or retract his message.†

p. 220.9

Not only Harold Crosby heard the Christ Child's prompting; every member of the congregation heard it, too—the strained, holy voice speaking from the darkened manger, telling the angel what to say.†

p. 221.2

Thus, when the "pillar of light" finally followed the shepherds and kings to their proper place of worship at the crèche, the congregation was also prepared to adore him—whatever special Christ this was who not only knew his role but also knew all the other, vital parts of the story.†

p. 221.3

" 'When the angel went away from them into heaven,' " the rector began; the congregation, automatically, searched the ceiling for Harold Crosby.†

p. 221.9

I could see that he was sweating; it was such a cold day, the old church furnace was throwing out the heat full-tilt—the raised altar area was a lot warmer than the wooden pews, where many of the congregation still wore their outdoor clothes.†

p. 222.2

Many of the congregation were unaware that donkeys came in two parts; the way the donkey crumbled must have been even more alarming to them.†

p. 222.5

What the congregation saw was the Holy Mother roll out of the hay pile and across the floor of the manger, where she collected herself at a safe distance from the unpredictable Prince of Peace; Owen withered Mary Beth with a look as scornful as the look he'd shown Barb Wiggin.†

p. 223.2

It was the same look he then delivered to the congregation—oblivious to, if not contemptuous of, the gifts the wise men and the shepherds laid at his feet.†

p. 223.3

Like a commanding officer reviewing his troops, the Christ Child surveyed the congregation.†

p. 223.4

Then I came to the faces in the congregation that Owen must have seen about the same time I saw them; they bore the most rapt expressions of all.†

p. 223.6

Owen sat up so suddenly in the mountain of hay that several frontpew members of the congregation were startled into gasps and cries of alarm.†

p. 223.9

He bent stiffly at the waist, like a tightly wound spring, and he pointed with ferocity at his mother and father; to many members of the congregation, he could have been pointing to anyone—or to them all.†

p. 223.9

Many members of the congregation thought he meant them; I could tell what a shock the question was for Mr. Fish, but I knew whom Owen was speaking to.†

p. 224.1

Owen shouted at them; but Mr. Fish, and surely half the congregation, felt that they stood accused.†

p. 224.2

At least a dozen members of the congregation guiltily got up from the pews at the rear of the church—to leave.†

p. 224.3

The Herald Angels Sing" could spare the congregation the indelible image of how the Meanys had obeyed their only son.†

p. 224.7

How the congregation straggled out of the nave; how they hated to have their rituals revised without warning.†

p. 231.1

The rector was not on the steps to shake their hands because so many of the congregation had followed our triumphant exit, leaving the Rev. Mr. Wiggin stranded at the altar with his benediction unsaid—he was supposed to have delivered his benediction from the nave, where the recessional should have led him (and not us).†

p. 231.2

But to many of the bewildered congregation, who took their cues from the rector—for how else should they know what their next move should be, in this unique celebration?†

p. 231.5

And so we bucked against the grain; we fought against the congregation—they were coming out—in order that we might get back in.†

p. 231.9

Among the older members of the congregation—with whom the jocular Captain Wiggin and his brash wife were not an overnight success—there was a stewing anger, apparent in their frowns and scowls, as if the shameful pageant they had just witnessed were the rector's idea of something "modern."†

p. 232.2

I found myself chin-to-chest with the Rev. Lewis Merrill, who was as baffled as the Episcopalian congregation—regarding what he and his wife were supposed to do next.†

p. 232.4

The hinges of the ancient folding chairs creaked in unison as I led Harriet Wheelwright to a favored center-aisle seat in the third row, our townspeople's heads turning in the manner that a congregation turns to view a bride—for my grandmother entered the theater as if she were still responding to a curtain call, following her long-ago performance in Maugham's The Constant Wife.†

p. 239.2

Owen had offered no explanation regarding the offense he took at his parents' attendance at the Christ Church Nativity When I suggested that his response to their presence in the congregation had been radical and severe, he dismissed me in a fashion he'd perfected— by forgiving me for what I couldn't be expected to know, and what he would never explain to me: that old UNSPEAKABLE OUTRAGE that the Catholics had perpetrated, and his parents' inability to rise above what amounted to the RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION they had suffered; yet it was my opinion that Owen was persecuting his parents.†

p. 239.9

If I wanted to preach, I'd be a minister, I'd have a congregation—wouldn't I?†

p. 527.1

The congregation coughed; they creaked in the old, worn pews.†

p. 570.1

The Meanys stared intently; they viewed their son's casket with much the same strangled awe that had shone in their eyes when the little Lord Jesus had spotted them in the congregation at the Christ Church Christmas Pageant of 1953—when Owen had basked in the "pillar of light."†

p. 570.5

There was something newly powerful and confident in his voice, and the mourners heard it; the congregation gave him their complete attention.†

p. 573.5

" Then he swept us into another psalm, and then he commanded the congregation to stand, which we did, while he read us the Gospel according to John: " 'I am the good shepherd.†

p. 575.1

After that, the first lieutenant cleared his throat and the congregation could hear him more distinctly.†

p. 577.4 *

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