How was your Palm Sunday Mass experience?

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‘Hark, hark, hark, while youthful voices sing; Laud, Hosanna to our King!’
I was a bit worried when I was asked to read the Narrator part on Palm Sunday, because I usually feel weak and dizzy standing during the long passion narrative 😊. I thought I would faint, right there at the spot! Imagine that happening close to the altar! I wanted to ‘warn’ our dear Italian priest, but then decided to pull myself together and trust the Lord. It went very well.
After the joyous procession, the passion narrative touched me deeply and I had a strange feeling of quietness/contemplation, in awe of Jesus sacrifice.
Have a blessed Holy Week friends!
Peace,
Rina
 
Mrs_Sally said:
We had no homily either, but did have a nice amount of time for silent reflection. We were also at the evening Mass. No procession for that Mass, no incense (the priest that celebrated has resperitory problems). The palms were blessed in the narthex and handed out at the end of Mass.

It was simple, but it was still Palm Sunday with the entire Passion reading and great hymns! 😉
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We also had time for reflection. That was very nice. I think that’s why I didn’t notice until later that there was no homily. We did not have incense either.
 
Oue FSSP parish had the full Solemn Mass with three clerics chanting the passion in Latin–27 minutes, but worth every second. :bounce: The homily was less than five minutes.
 
Lovely. I really, really, really love the smell of incense. Brings back lots of fond memories of a much simpler time.
 
It was entirely in Gregorian chant and French plainchant (the readings and EP). It started in the vestibule of the monastery with the introductory verse (Hosanna filii David…), the chanting of the gospel, the blessing of the palms (in the old local tradition actually cedar boughs as the monastic tradition is to use whatever is available locally), and the procession into the abbey church with incense while chanting the verses of Gloria Laus…

In the Church, the long tract was chanted as was the gradual Christus Factus, and the readings were chanted with three monks chanting the different parts.

There was no homily, but then the entire Mass was 2 hours long… so I guess that can be forgiven.

This was all in the Ordinary Form if anyone was wondering. The way it was intended. Thursday evening’s Mass is the next Holy Week liturgy I will attend, with the chanting of Ubi Caritas, the abbot washing the feet of some monks and men on retreat, and the stripping of the altar and the bringing of the Blessed Sacrament to the place of repose, while chanting the Pange Lingua.

I don’t think Holy Week gets any better this side of Rome!
 
OraLabora said:
Thursday evening’s Mass is the next Holy Week liturgy I will attend, with the chanting of Ubi Caritas, the abbot washing the feet of some monks and men on retreat, and the stripping of the altar and the bringing of the Blessed Sacrament to the place of repose, while chanting the Pange Lingua.

I don’t think Holy Week gets any better this side of Rome!
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At the mass I am attending on Thursday night, the Kyrie and Gloria will be sung to Darke in F;, Postquam surrexit (plainsong) and Ubi Caritas to Durufle during the washing of the feet; The comunion anthem will be Bruckner Christus Factor Est; Pange Lingua during the procession of the blessed sacrament and ending with Psalm 22 chanted at the stripping of the altar. Much better than anything The Vatican can do!
 
It was a good Mass, but I pre-medicated for the back pain that I knew I would get from the long periods of standing, so I was a space cadet.
 
It was wonderful.

We started outside in the garden with the blessing of the palms with holy water then a reading of the Gospel. Then the procession into the church with drums, and other instruments. It was beautiful. Those who arrived to the 11am but had not come outside for the procession were all standing as we walked in… it really had this feeling of walking into a crowded town of people… I don’t know how to describe it really.

After the two readings, then the long form of the Passion, then a homily… instead of collection, we all walked up front and turned in our rice bowl donations for Catholic Relief services on one side and our general collection on the other.

I don’t know what song the choir was singing during communion but it was absolutely beautiful, I meant to ask afterwards. It was quite traditional and brought tears to my eyes for the feeling it gave me. I wasn’t really paying attention to the words just the overall feeling.

Afterwards we were all invited for breakfast in the hall below.
 
A little late, perhaps, but ah well.

I go to a fairly small church, but our priest did well anyway. Wore special vestments, started mass outside, sprinkled with water. Several songs were chanted, but not everything.

What trumped all was Psalm 22. We had a beautiful cantor, and she had me shivering. The cry of My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? was amazing! But the part that really made me feel the Holy Ghost in the room was Why so far from my call for help/from my cries of anguish?/My God, I call by day, but you do not/answer; Just wow. Then, biggest tear-jerker line was: All who see me mock me;/they curl their lips and jeer;/they shake their hands at me; That part pretty much made the mass for me.

But the fun wasn’t over. During the Offertory, I was watching father (I was a server) when out of the corner of my eye I saw an elderly gentleman fall back into his seat, and his head slumped. My heart nearly stopped, but my priest continued the Mass. Fortunately, he was only out for like five seconds or so. During the “peace giving” as I call it, someone called an ambulance just to be certain he would be fine, and then following communion, while the priest was purifying the chalices, a paramedic burst in through the side door, and seeing that it was a full church got all sheepish. Poor guy. He was just doing his job. I’m just glad it didn’t happen during the consecration or anything.

At first I was aghast that our priest didn’t stop the mass, but afterwards I realized that his actions had made the most sense. I’m certain he was watching during the liturgy so he would have been able to tell if he didn’t get up. At that point I’m fairly certain he would have stopped the mass and recommenced the Liturgy of the Eucharist one the man had been taken care of.
 
PrincepsAuguste said:
A little late, perhaps, but ah well.

I go to a fairly small church, but our priest did well anyway. Wore special vestments, started mass outside, sprinkled with water. Several songs were chanted, but not everything.

What trumped all was Psalm 22. We had a beautiful cantor, and she had me shivering. The cry of My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? was amazing! But the part that really made me feel the Holy Ghost in the room was Why so far from my call for help/from my cries of anguish?/My God, I call by day, but you do not/answer; Just wow. Then, biggest tear-jerker line was: All who see me mock me;/they curl their lips and jeer;/they shake their hands at me; That part pretty much made the mass for me.

But the fun wasn’t over. During the Offertory, I was watching father (I was a server) when out of the corner of my eye I saw an elderly gentleman fall back into his seat, and his head slumped. My heart nearly stopped, but my priest continued the Mass. Fortunately, he was only out for like five seconds or so. During the “peace giving” as I call it, someone called an ambulance just to be certain he would be fine, and then following communion, while the priest was purifying the chalices, a paramedic burst in through the side door, and seeing that it was a full church got all sheepish. Poor guy. He was just doing his job. I’m just glad it didn’t happen during the consecration or anything.

At first I was aghast that our priest didn’t stop the mass, but afterwards I realized that his actions had made the most sense. I’m certain he was watching during the liturgy so he would have been able to tell if he didn’t get up. At that point I’m fairly certain he would have stopped the mass and recommenced the Liturgy of the Eucharist one the man had been taken care of.
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We have a teenage girl who cantors and has the absolute most beautiful voice I’ve ever heard. She brings tears to my eyes every time she sings.
 
anp1215 said:
We have a teenage girl who cantors and has the absolute most beautiful voice I’ve ever heard. She brings tears to my eyes every time she sings.
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I’ve brought tears to people’s eyes when I cantored but it was for a totally different reason. 😃

Our main cantor has a very nice voice and I had been looking forward to hearing the new Exsultet! but the Vigil is not being celebrated in our parish so I guess I’ll have to wait until next year.
 
Phemie said:
I’ve brought tears to people’s eyes when I cantored but it was for a totally different reason. 😃

Our main cantor has a very nice voice and I had been looking forward to hearing the new Exsultet! but the Vigil is not being celebrated in our parish so I guess I’ll have to wait until next year.
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haha!

I hope she cantors at the Vigil.

I’m also attending 11 am Mass Sunday with my mom, and am a little sad that they are having a cantor in the gym, and the Lifeteen band in the church. I know my mom won’t want to sit in the gym, but I would prefer her to hear a cantor instead of the band. I like her to get the traditional Catholic “experience” when she visits. haha

So it’s either, sit in the ugly gym and hear the cantor, or sit in the pretty church and hear the Lifeteen band…

NOT disparaging the Lifeteen band at all, I just want my mom to experience a traditional Easter Mass (she’s not Catholic).
 
We had a beautiful Mass for Palm Sunday. The entire church was decorated with palms. We had the long reading of the passion and a brief sermon on identifying Christ in others. Last week, on Passion Sunday, we had a great sermon on the crucifixion and following Christ by taking up our own crosses.

Palm Sunday is always a moving day for me. Reflecting on what Christ gave for me makes me think about what I need to give for him.
 
Can the homily be omitted during the Palm Sunday mass? I always thought a homily had to be given on Sunday…Thanks…
 
It was my first Palm Sunday Mass, as I am completing RCIA. It was beautiful and I am so excited to be a part of the rest of the Holy Week services.
 
dnar said:
Can the homily be omitted during the Palm Sunday mass? I always thought a homily had to be given on Sunday…Thanks…
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It shouldn’t be omitted. But as far as I know there is no minimum length requirement. So the homily could be a few seconds. And it needn’t always be about the scripture readings.

My pastor gave a two minute homily so it was kind of long for Palm Sunday. 😃
 
SMHW said:
It shouldn’t be omitted. But as far as I know there is no minimum length requirement. So the homily could be a few seconds. And it needn’t always be about the scripture readings.

My pastor gave a two minute homily so it was kind of long for Palm Sunday. 😃
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This one went like this…

“The gospel of The Lord”

Everyone stand “I believe in one God…”

Then the gifts were brought up…not even the prayers were said, it was unusual for sure…
 
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