Receiving messages from VRYCFG in program

In my CLLE program, I use the following command:
VRYCFG CFGOBJ(&F1_ODOBNM) CFGTYPE(*CTL) STATUS(*OFF)
Occasionally, one of the controllers will fail to vary off due to CPA2611 (Sender copy). This message is not monitor-able. It requires a reply, either 'C' or 'G'. I set up the system reply list to reply with 'C'. That is working. But now I want to capture the error in the program to do other things based on that message. FWIW, after the reply is sent, another message appears in the job log, CPD27EE (Diagnostic), which is the same message as CPA2611.

I've tried:
1) RCVMSG MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) MSGDTALEN(&MSGDTALEN) MSGID(&MSGID)
2) RCVMSG PGMQ(*PRV) MSGDTA(&MSGDTA) MSGDTALEN(&MSGDTALEN) MSGID(&MSGID)
followed by
If ( &MsgID = 'CPA2611' +
*or &MsgID = 'CPD27EE') Then( Do )
ChgVar &VryOffErr '1'
ChgVar &WrkCfgSts '*YES'
Enddo
... but this never triggers.

It's been a very long time since I last worked with program message queues. I have a vague recollection that the program may need to receive multiple messages from the queue to find the one I'm looking for. But, before I went down the rabbit hole, I wanted to ask this fine body of exceptional professional developers.

- Dan Bale
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