Gospel on Palm Sunday

[AJV]

jbuck919:

Just for the record, the use of three readers with the priest only representing Jesus is an ancient tradition. I heard it honored in the traditional plainchant, and very beautifully, in no less a place than Rome some years ago.

The innovation is having the entire congregation represent the crowds. This is both a sumerimposition on the rubrics (to put it politely) and an intrusion upon the members of the congregation, who can very reasonably not be expected to be comfortable with this kind of forced participation.

Perhaps having the congregation recite the parts of tge crowd is an extension of the practise of having the choir sing these parts in polyphonic settings?

by LassusPassion according to St. Matthew

by VictoriaPassion according to St. John

 

[MarthaMartha]

YinYangMom:

The woman was probably the cantor and she probably read the part of Peter and a few other characters.

Only the priest or deacon can read the parts for Jesus.

As for women lectors, we have several in our parish, particularly at the daily 7am mass. I don’t see a problem with this at all, either personally or in the GIRM.

However, women lectors only read the readings, responsorial psalms, and/or prayers of petition. ONLY the priest or deacon can read the Gospel.

In our parish, Father read the part of Jesus, a woman lector was the narrator, a male lector read the “other” parts (e.g. Peter) and the congregation read the “crowd” parts. We have Worship III.

I know – it always breaks my heart to have to say “Crucify him!” But it’s supposed to . . .

 

[moira]

At my Church the priest, deacon and sub-deacon chanted the Gospel. We also had a processon outside around the church after we received our blessed palms before Mass started.

 

[Rand_Al_Thor]

laura(name removed by moderator):

Today at mass, 3 lectors were used to read the gospel, the priest sat and did not participate at all. The lectors all took the different parts. Is this liturgically correct? Thanks

Pax vobiscum!

Same thing happened at the Mass I went to. It was three people from the choir who chanted the whole Gospel. Father didn’t do any of it, which kind of surprised me because this is usually a very very traditional parish.

Anyone know the answer to this?

In Christ,
Rand