THANK YOU for the link to the video! I’m actually watching this on EWTN right now, but I wanted a video I could watch later – AND the livestream video includes the earlier music and the procession of deacons, priests, bishops, and laity.
That broke the camel’s back for me!If you mean that we extended the Lamb of God until all the bishops had taken the Eucharist, you are correct. But no new words were added, just a repetition of “Lamb of God… have mercy on us” – we did it three times instead of two, then ended with the usual “grant us peace.”Oh God, never mind, they troped the Agnus Dei.
The GIRM actually allows the Lamb of God to be extended for just such circumstances as this, in which a large number of bishops are present at a mass.
The “Jesus” addition before the “Lamb of God” part. Although I see in the program that it was further troped with the “Bread of Life, Cup of Hope,” thing, but that wasn’t sung. I don’t mean the extension of the repetitions.If you mean that we extended the Lamb of God until all the bishops had taken the Eucharist, you are correct. But no new words were added, just a repetition of “Lamb of God… have mercy on us” – we did it three times instead of two, then ended with the usual “grant us peace.”
Nope, no troping there
Still glad you put the link, though.
Gertie
Are you serious? So your whole point of watching this mass was to see if it could stand up to your scrutiny? That is sad beyond belief.
Overall, quite nice. Atlas, tropes at the agnus dei, but lots of other good music.
Boy, you two must get massive headaches watching every mass on the internet looking for those gnats.
npatrol:ok, I should have said it was a very nice and reverent Mass, then those were a few very small things that could have been a little better. I was actually thinking that, and I honestly don’t know why I didn’t say it in the first place.Boy, you two must get massive headaches watching every mass on the internet looking for those gnats.
All your insinuations of our liberal and lazy ways aside, the mass was glorious! Aside from the importance of the proclamation itself, the extraordinary music and reverence – you could have heard a pin drop during the homily, after communion, and during other times of silence – it was such a rare joy to connect with former pastors and other friends. After the Archbishop was seated, a number of people were brought up to greet him. Among them was the Abbess of the Benedictine community at which I was a postulant and novice soooooo many years ago – back then, she was just “Sister”! I think she’s the fifth one in line, God bless her.
The joy was of heaven, not of earth. And I guess it would be impossible for someone outside the archdiocese to understand what it’s been like to lose so excellent a shepherd at Archbishop Chaput – there were many tears and a palpable, lingering sadness this time last year. And then to be blessed with a man of God like Archbishop Aquila! The only comparison I have is the “holding our breath” moments of prayer and fasting after the death of Blessed John Paul II – who is going to take his place? What will the next Pope be like? I remember hearing Raymond Arroyo comment immediately after the announcement of Cardinal Ratzinger’s name that “the Church is in good hands.” We felt the same way when the announcement came in May – our small part of the Church is in good hands!
So while you two children of God go on and on finding the specks in our eyes and trying to make all of us into uber liberal, ignorant, cafeteria-ists who are destroying the liturgy – I am still enjoying that tiny taste of heaven.
God bless, protect, and lead our new shepherd, Archbishop Aquila! May God make him a Saint!
Gertie
It looked very nice, and the music sounded very good.Ohhh, yeah, the Sisters of St Walburga!
They were at my parish for years, before they moved north to get away from encroaching development.