Gospel on Palm Sunday

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Today, Palm Sunday, our parish priest announced that the directive from the Archdiocese was for the priest to read the gospel by himself; not the usual way w/ several readers and those of us in the pews reciting the words of the crowd. Is this thru out the country?
 
Our priest did it that way too, and, frankly, I prefer it that way. I feel it is often too awkward for the many reader version, depending on the quality of the readers and the parish. Even as a child, I hated having to say, “Crucify Him, crucify Him.” I realize that it is to call to mind Christ dying because of our individual sins, but it just made me so uncomfortable, that, often, I wouldn’t say it.
 
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MJE:
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Nope, it was the usual drill around here, with several readers. Because it is different from the other times of the year, it tends to catch my ear. I don’t mind it being read by several people.
 
This morning at Palm Sunday mass a woman stood at the Ambo and read part of the Passion Gospel.

I don’t think this is approved. Where does it say this in the GIRM, or Rubriks?
 
Why havent you embraced feel good Catholocism, she was there becuase her personal choice is that Christ was a woman and no MAN or ‘closed minded’ instituion should dissaprove. :rolleyes:
 
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SentLarry:
This morning at Palm Sunday mass a woman stood at the Ambo and read part of the Passion Gospel.

I don’t think this is approved. Where does it say this in the GIRM, or Rubriks?
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Ditto for our church. 3 people, including the priest, read the gospel, and one was a woman. The priest read the part of Jesus. How does this conform with the rubrics that state the gospel must be read by the priest?
 
For the reading of the passion on Palm Sunday and Good Friday, if three priests or deacons are not available, cantors or lectors may be used for parts other than the Christus.
 
It was in parts, tho, so all of it wouldn’t have been read by the priest anyway. I assumed this must be an exception for Palm Sunday reading of the Passion. I don’t think all the parts were intended to be read by the priest. Even the congregation has a part as the “chorus”.
 
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It was in parts, tho, so all of it wouldn’t have been read by the priest anyway. I assumed this must be an exception for Palm Sunday reading of the Passion. I don’t think all the parts were intended to be read by the priest. Even the congregation has a part as the “chorus”.
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There is.

The Gospel for Passion (Palm) Sunday has an approved Narrative form.

If thre are insufficent priests or deacon available, some of the parts can be read by lectors or cantors.

The part of Christ must be read by a priest or deacon however.
 
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SentLarry:
This morning at Palm Sunday mass a woman stood at the Ambo and read part of the Passion Gospel.

I don’t think this is approved. Where does it say this in the GIRM, or Rubriks?
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Technically I think the “regular Gospel” is the one at the very beginning of mass (out of order), which the priest (or deacon) would read as usual.
Today at my parish a (female) lector read the N-Narrative parts, two priests read the t-Christ parts & the V-Voice parts, and of course the parishoners read the C-Crowd parts.
 
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SentLarry:
This morning at Palm Sunday mass a woman stood at the Ambo and read part of the Passion Gospel.

I don’t think this is approved. Where does it say this in the GIRM, or Rubriks?
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She’s has Her Rights!!
No Patriarchal, oppresive,Male dominated institution, can say otherwise!! :mad:
 
We chant the Passion on both Palm Sunday and Good Friday -bishop, deacon, lector, cantor, and choir. Anyone here old enough to remember Passion Sunday?
 
Read by the priest (Jesus) and a couple others. You wouldn’t want our parish to chant, particularly our priest. Father is gifted, just not in voice.
 
I was kind of thrown off my this as well, but I noticed that the misselette was published with this narrative gospel form calling for narrator, “voice”, Christ, and crowd. I thought it was interesting to participate (and it made me cry). I’m assuming since it is in the misselette that it is approved.
 
I guess I’m a bit puzzled.

Hasn’t the form of the gospel for Palm Sunday and Good Friday using several readers been the norm in most parishes for years now?

Or have I just belonged to several unusual parishes?
 
Those posters who noted that this gospel is the single exception to the norm are correct. A priest or deacon must read the part of Jesus while the other parts may be read by readers in the parish (assuming there are not sufficent deacons and/or priests). This multi-part form of the Gospel is permitted only for the passion narrative which means it is only used on Palm Sunday and Good Friday.

Deacon Ed
 
If there are not enough deacons, priests and instituted lectors then it is OK for a women to read part of the Gospel for the Passion.

According to the Roman Missal for Passion Sunday:
“The passion is read by the deacon or, if there is no deacon, by the priest. It may also be read by lay readers, with the part of Christ, if possible, reserved to the priest”. (From
The Roman Missal, Catholic Book Publishing Co., New York, 1985, pages 126.)

The 2002 General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM) seems consistent with this:

“109. If there are several persons present who are able to exercise the same ministry, nothing forbids their distributing among themselves and performing different parts of the same ministry or duty. For example, one deacon may be assigned to take the sung parts, another to serve at the altar; if there are several readings, it is well to distribute them among a number of lectors. The same applies for the other ministries. But it is not at all appropriate that several persons divide a single element of the celebration among themselves, e.g., that the same reading be proclaimed by two lectors, one after the other, except as far as the Passion of the Lord is concerned.”

Women cannot be instituted lectors. According to 2002 GIRM “101. In the absence of an instituted lector, other laypersons may be commissioned to proclaim the readings from Sacred Scripture. …”.

So I think ideally there should be four deacons. If there were one priest, one deacon and two instituted lectors then a women should not be considered for the reading of the Passion Gospel.
 
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I guess I’m a bit puzzled.

Hasn’t the form of the gospel for Palm Sunday and Good Friday using several readers been the norm in most parishes for years now?

Or have I just belonged to several unusual parishes?
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it is an option, not a mandate, permissible in reading the Passion on Palm Sunday and Good Friday. Up to the priest whether or not he or the deacon reads to whole Gospel, or whether the narrative form is used. If so, the part of Christ must be read by the priest or deacon. Cantors or lectors may read the other parts if necessary.
 
Deacon Ed:
Those posters who noted that this gospel is the single exception to the norm are correct. A priest or deacon must read the part of Jesus while the other parts may be read by readers in the parish (assuming there are not sufficent deacons and/or priests). This multi-part form of the Gospel is permitted only for the passion narrative which means it is only used on Palm Sunday and Good Friday.

Deacon Ed
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Well, I was hoping we would get this one right since the past 3 Sundays we’ve had 4 people reading the Gospel out of some sort of binder, accompanied by lounge background music with the congregation singing a line or two of song every now at the direction of the Cantor.

Today the lounge music was omitted - I got my hopes up! - but we were told to sit (as we usually are during long Gospel readings - funny how our sickly and aged priest could manage to stand through the whole thing but us ‘youngins’ are told to sit). The narrative was not followed, but rather the priest and 3 readers read about 3 paragraphs via a round robin, and of course because the Gospel was so long we once again omitted the Creed. The woman lector said ‘The Gospel of the Lord’.

Deacon - if I may ask you, is this something worth bringing up to my pastor? We do several things that I just keep quiet on (glass goblets, lectors/EMHC’s not bowing to the altar, people in general not genuflecting when passing in front of the tabernacle, dividing the wine after consecration (it’s consecrated in a glass pitcher), EMHC’s instead of the priest returning the hosts to the tabernacle, draining our water fonts during Lent, etc.). I’m having a hard time figuring out if any of these things are serious enough to mention, and if so, how to even bring it up to our priest who so it doesn’t come across as criticism - he is wonderful in so many ways - picking my battles so to speak and wanting to do it in a respectful and kind way. Do you have any thoughts?
 
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