Length of Time for Solemn High Mass

[EqualinHim]

Hi all!

I am considering attending a solemn high mass at my friend’s church. I’m a protestant. I have been to a Holy Thursday Mass. I’m considering attending this week’s Saturday vigil. The Holy Thursday Mass was about two hours long. Will a Pentecost Solemn High Mass be about the same length? I do have an engagement later on in the evening, so I just wanted to know.

 

[corsair]

At our FSSP parish, a Solemn High Mass can take 1 1/2 - 2 Hours, depending on the length of the epistle, Gospel and the homily. Our sung High Masses about 1 1/2 hours.

I love the liturgy.

 

[SteveLy]

Depending on which rite. Anglican tends to be 1 1/2 hours. Don’t know if the Ordinariate uses the term High Mass anymore.

 

[DignumEtJustum]

Probably about 2 hours.

 

[phil19034]

Hi all!

I am considering attending a solemn high mass at my friend’s church. I’m a protestant. I have been to a Holy Thursday Mass. I’m considering attending this week’s Saturday vigil. The Holy Thursday Mass was about two hours long. Will a Pentecost Solemn High Mass be about the same length? I do have an engagement later on in the evening, so I just wanted to know.

depends … if it’s the Ordinary Form, it will most likely not be as long as Holy Thursday. But if it’s in the Extraordinary Form, it could be over 2 hours.

God Bless

 

[peter26]

Depending on which rite. Anglican tends to be 1 1/2 hours. Don’t know if the Ordinariate uses the term High Mass anymore.

My group does, basically to distinguish between a Sunday Mass and a Weekday Mass. Although there is not the strict distinction there is in the Tridentine, a High Mass is sung with incense.

 

[dshix]

Hi all!

I am considering attending a solemn high mass at my friend’s church. I’m a protestant. I have been to a Holy Thursday Mass. I’m considering attending this week’s Saturday vigil. The Holy Thursday Mass was about two hours long. Will a Pentecost Solemn High Mass be about the same length? I do have an engagement later on in the evening, so I just wanted to know.

This is highly variable depending on the priests and the choir involved, and the decisions they make regarding music.

At my FSSP parish we’ve had a Solemn High Mass go as short as 1 hour 20 minutes, and as long as 2 hours. Expect something in that range.