EDITED: why my parish's easter vigil mass at 7pm tonite vs 5pm vigil mass

[GEddie]

If your Easter Vigil isn’t at least three hours long, you’re doing it wrong.

We did ours in 2 1/2 (1030p to 1a).

ICXC NIKA

 

[Daizies]

If your Easter Vigil isn’t at least three hours long, you’re doing it wrong.

It does depend on the size of the Church. Besides, the Pope did his in 2 1/2 hours I doubt he was doing it wrong
(Actually, ours went past 1am, which is well after midnight )

 

[DaveBj]

plus, it needs to be dark for the candles

There is that

If your Easter Vigil isn’t at least three hours long, you’re doing it wrong.

Then our parish did it right

 

[Phemie]

If your Easter Vigil isn’t at least three hours long, you’re doing it wrong.

That’s only if you have Baptisms. We have only had one in the 15 years I’ve been here.

 

[JIB]

My brother came into the Church this weekend at the vigil Mass. Mass began at 8:00pm and finished a bit before 11pm.

My 6 month old had no problems, but my 20 month old didn’t sleep a wink. After Mass we had a 2 hour drive home. All in all it was quite an experience.

Do folks that live way up North have masses that start at around 4 or 5?

 

[GEddie]

It is possible to have a 2 1/2 hour EV even with all the unabridged readings, and the fire procession; we did!!!

Of course, not being a parish, there were no baptisms or RCIAs.

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