Alleluia before and after Gospel

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Our Diocese (Camden NJ) has said/sung the Alleluia before and after the Gospel is read for about 2 years now. I went to a Catholic service in a neighboring Diocese (Philadelphia, PA) as well as several in the South West (Phoenix) where this is different and there is no Alleluia after the Gospel. What is everyone’s experience in their Diocese? Is ours unique? I happen to like it, how about you?
 
My experience (Brooklyn Diocese) is to sing the Alleluia after the Gospel only at certain times (Christmas and Christmas Season, Easter and Easter Season, Pentecost).

I, too, like when it is sung after the reading of the Gospel and wish it were sung every Sunday. I think it lends to emphasizing how important is the Word of God. :bible1:
 
Same as GemmaRose, the Alleluia is normally only sung before the Gospel, but on special occasions such as Christmas, Easter and Pentecost we would sing it afterwards too. Sometimes it is a spur of the moment decision too if, for example, the celebrant (taking a rush of blood to the head) decides to chant the Gospel! I think I would prefer it to be only sung before the Gospel most of the time, so as when it comes to the great Church feasts and holidays and we sing it twice, we emphasise the fact that it is something really special that’s being celebrated.
 
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Same as GemmaRose, the Alleluia is normally only sung before the Gospel, but on special occasions such as Christmas, Easter and Pentecost we would sing it afterwards too. Sometimes it is a spur of the moment decision too if, for example, the celebrant (taking a rush of blood to the head) decides to chant the Gospel! I think I would prefer it to be only sung before the Gospel most of the time, so as when it comes to the great Church feasts and holidays and we sing it twice, we emphasise the fact that it is something really special that’s being celebrated.
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We sing it at both places on Sundays – although not during the week or at the anticipated Sunday Mass on Saturday evening.

I, too, would prefer to have the second Alleluia reserved for Christmas & Easter and other great feasts.
 
We sing it before & after in my Church, but that is not the norm in my diocese, the Diocese of St. Augustine. I’ve been to roughly 7 different Churches in my Diocese & none of them sing it afterward. I like the way we do it;) !
 
When you say you sing the Alleluia after the Gospel, do you mean simply the word “Alleluia” itself, or the Verse with the Alleluia as well?
 
When this has been done in my parish the verse was not sung, only the (oft repeated) word, “Alleluia”.
 
bpbasilphx said:
When you say you sing the Alleluia after the Gospel, do you mean simply the word “Alleluia” itself, or the Verse with the Alleluia as well?
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I was not not very clear, my apologies. We remain standing after the gospel is completed, and then the cantor leads us in Alleluia. Then we sit.
 
I was not not very clear, my apologies. We remain standing after the gospel is completed, and then the cantor leads us in Alleluia. Then we sit.

Is this repeated “Alleluia” used to cover the Gospeller (usually a deacon, but could be celebant) going back to the Altar, or is it just stuck in there?

And what happens during Lent, when in the Western Rite, Alleluia is suppressed?
 
bpbasilphx said:
I was not not very clear, my apologies. We remain standing after the gospel is completed, and then the cantor leads us in Alleluia. Then we sit.

Is this repeated “Alleluia” used to cover the Gospeller (usually a deacon, but could be celebant) going back to the Altar, or is it just stuck in there?

And what happens during Lent, when in the Western Rite, Alleluia is suppressed?
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In our parish it’s not used to cover anyone going anywhere since there is no deacon.

During Lent we sing the Lent acclamation "Praise to you, Lord, King of eternal glory.
 
bpbasilphx said:
I was not not very clear, my apologies. We remain standing after the gospel is completed, and then the cantor leads us in Alleluia. Then we sit.

Is this repeated “Alleluia” used to cover the Gospeller (usually a deacon, but could be celebant) going back to the Altar, or is it just stuck in there?

And what happens during Lent, when in the Western Rite, Alleluia is suppressed?
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I am not sure what you mean by your first question.

During lent all Alleluias are suppressed.
 
At my parish, the Alleluia is sung before and after the Gospel on special solemnities, feasts and during the Christmas and Easter seasons. I would prefer it that way because Ordinal Time and Advent should be differentiated. Obviously, as another poster indicated, we don’t sing the Gospel Acclamation twice during Lent.

Now, in Papal Masses, the Alleluia is sung before and after the Gospel. You have to bear in mind something: after the Gospel is proclaimed or chanted, the deacon carries the Book of the Gospels to the Holy Father, who will reverence it and then bless the faithful with the book. The secondary singing of the Alleluia is certainly appropriate here because it is accompanying the procession. Now, during Lent, the procession takes on a somber tone, for obvious reasons.
 
I don’t believe that the second acclamation has a rubrical mandate, but I have seen it done well as an organ solo (without singing) in Masses where the Gospel is taken to be kissed by the bishop.

NB: If a bishop is presiding at Mass, the people should not sit down after the Gospel until he kisses the Gospel book.
 
goodknight439 said:
Again, it depends on the priest. I have attended churches where it is sung prior and after the Gospel. If the Alleluia is not sung, it is NEVER to be recited. In this case, if it is not sung, then it is to be ommitted.
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The GIRM does not mention at all an alleluia after the gospel. Instead, it mentions an acclimation after every reading. It is specifically to be given at the end of the reading by the reader of that reading.

It does mention the use of a psalm instead of the alleluia during the seasons it is suppressed.

USCCB 2005 GIRM, Nos 62-64.
 
I heard it wasn’t allowed. The bishop does it when he celebrates Mass. It’s funny to see the congregation sit down then up then down because they are not used to hearing the alleluia sung after the Gospel!
 
bpcatholic said:
I heard it wasn’t allowed. The bishop does it when he celebrates Mass. It’s funny to see the congregation sit down then up then down because they are not used to hearing the alleluia sung after the Gospel!
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Our entire Diocese (Camden NJ) remains standing after the gospel until the Alleuia is sung. I just attended mass in the Phoenix Diocese today it was omitted as it has been on my previous visits.
 
goodknight439 said:
Our entire Diocese (Camden NJ) remains standing after the gospel until the Alleuia is sung. I just attended mass in the Phoenix Diocese today it was omitted as it has been on my previous visits.
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I am currently caring for a blind and elderly dachshund (just pulled him today from the shelter), so, it looks like I’ll be in for a long night. Assuming I will stay up late, I will try to catch the live feed from the Vatican for tomorrow morning’s closing Mass for the Synod of Bishops. At the last Papal Mass I saw, the double Alleluia was not employed. Maybe, since this will be the closing Mass, things may be different (although the double Alleluia was nolt used for the opening Mass at St. Paul’s Outside the Walls).

The only times I have seen it done at the Vatican (from the feeds, of course) is for Christmas, Easter, Pentecost and other huge solemnities and feasts. Masses celebrated in Ordinal Time (non feast days and non solemnities) usually don’t have the double alleulia unless something special like a canonization is occuring within the Mass.
 
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