Midnight mass

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Phemie said:
Yes. They use the Midnight Mass Readings for all Masses and the Midnight Mass Propers for the 6 pm & 10 pm Masses (we haven’t had a ‘Midnight’ Mass for the last 7 years).
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I think you’re lucky to have a 10 pm Mass. In the last few years (5+) there’s been nothing later than 8 pm in our area.
 
Matthew_Holford said:
I think you’re lucky to have a 10 pm Mass. In the last few years (5+) there’s been nothing later than 8 pm in our area.
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If we don’t get a pastor between now and Christmas we’re going to see one priest celebrating Mass at

5 p.m. in our parish
8 p.m. at the Mission – 40 min. down the road on snow
11 p.m. in our parish
10 a.m. in our parish
12 p.m. at the Mission
 
Phemie said:
If we don’t get a pastor between now and Christmas we’re going to see one priest celebrating Mass at

5 p.m. in our parish
8 p.m. at the Mission – 40 min. down the road on snow
11 p.m. in our parish
10 a.m. in our parish
12 p.m. at the Mission
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Is that just the poor guy’s Christmas Eve schedule???
 
Matthew_Holford said:
Is that just the poor guy’s Christmas Eve schedule???
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5 p.m., 8 p.m. & 11 p.m. Christmas Eve
10 a.m. & Noon on Christmas Day (not many people attend the Day Mass in either parish)

We just hope the weather is good. We’re not his primary concern, he’s Pastor for the Mission and just looks after our parish’s sacramental needs pending the arrival of a new pastor. As Pastor for the Mission, if it looked like the weather was going to go down and he couldn’t get to the Mission if he stayed to celebrate the 5 p.m. Mass in our parish, he’d cancel our Mass and head for the Mission early.
 
One year it snowed heavily starting early in the afternoon of the 24th. I think it was two years after we moved upstate. By nine pm the roads were practically impassable. No problem! My husband and I hopped on the snowmobiles and went to midnight Mass. When we turned onto the street where our church is, we were delighted to find that approximately a hundred other parishioners had the same inspiration, as did Monsignior. The rectory was having major plumbing work done, and he was staying in a rented farmhouse a few miles outside town. When the weather started to deteriorate early in the afternoon, he had tried to borrow someone’s 4 X 4, but couldn’t find anyone. The homeowner had a snowmobile, and Monsignior taught himself how to ride it that very afternoon. He made sure he got to church very early in order to “defrost” in time for Mass.
 
odile53 said:
One year it snowed heavily starting early in the afternoon of the 24th. I think it was two years after we moved upstate. By nine pm the roads were practically impassable. No problem! My husband and I hopped on the snowmobiles and went to midnight Mass. When we turned onto the street where our church is, we were delighted to find that approximately a hundred other parishioners had the same inspiration, as did Monsignior. The rectory was having major plumbing work done, and he was staying in a rented farmhouse a few miles outside town. When the weather started to deteriorate early in the afternoon, he had tried to borrow someone’s 4 X 4, but couldn’t find anyone. The homeowner had a snowmobile, and Monsignior taught himself how to ride it that very afternoon. He made sure he got to church very early in order to “defrost” in time for Mass.
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Certainly that wouldn’t be unheard of in our neck of the woods, snowmobiles being ubiquitous in the parking lots of work places and schools (it’s my husband’s vehicle to get to work from the time there’s enough snow on the ground – the official trail runs through the military Base where he works), but in our case, unfortunately, the Mission is often not accessible by snowmobile at Christmas because the large body of water one must cross to get there is not iced up enough to be safely crossed, not to mention that if it’s too stormy to drive, it can be too stormy to safely snowmobile 30 km.
 
Ordinary Form Masses

Vigil (4PM - 12AM)
First Reading: Isaiah 62:1-5
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29
Second Reading: Acts 13:16-17, 22-25
Gospel: Matthew 1:1-25

Midnight (12AM)
First Reading: Isaiah 9:1-6
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 96:1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13
Second Reading: Titus 2:11-14
Gospel: Luke 2:1-14

Dawn (1AM - 8AM)
First Reading: Isaiah 62:11-12
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 97:1, 6, 11-12
Second Reading: Titus 3:4-7
Gospel: Luke 2:15-20

Day (8AM - 11:59PM)
First Reading: Isaiah 52:7-10
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6
Second Reading: Hebrews 1:1-6
Gospel: John 1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-14

Extraordinary Form
Vigil (4PM - 12AM)
EPISTLE: Romans 1: 1-6
GRADUAL: Exodus 16: 6, 7
GOSPEL: Matthew 1: 18-21

Midnight (12AM)
EPISTLE: Titus 2: 11-15
GRADUAL: Exodus 16: 6, 7
GOSPEL: Luke 2: 1-14

Dawn (1AM - 8AM)
EPISTLE: Titus 3: 4, 7
GRADUAL: Ps: 117. 27, 26, 23
GOSPEL: Luke 2: 15, 20.

Day (8AM - 11:59PM)
EPISTLE: Hebrews 1: 1-12
GRADUAL: Ps. 97. 3, 4, 2
GOSPEL: John 1
 
Phemie said:
5 p.m., 8 p.m. & 11 p.m. Christmas Eve
10 a.m. & Noon on Christmas Day (not many people attend the Day Mass in either parish)
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Sorry! My fault: I mis-read your previous post.
Phemie said:
We just hope the weather is good. We’re not his primary concern, he’s Pastor for the Mission and just looks after our parish’s sacramental needs pending the arrival of a new pastor. As Pastor for the Mission, if it looked like the weather was going to go down and he couldn’t get to the Mission if he stayed to celebrate the 5 p.m. Mass in our parish, he’d cancel our Mass and head for the Mission early.
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So, you have the possibility of no Mass on Christmas Eve/Day.
 
tbtcom1213 said:
Ordinary Form Masses

Vigil (4PM - 12AM)
First Reading: Isaiah 62:1-5
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 89:4-5, 16-17, 27, 29
Second Reading: Acts 13:16-17, 22-25
Gospel: Matthew 1:1-25

Midnight (12AM)
First Reading: Isaiah 9:1-6
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 96:1-2, 2-3, 11-12, 13
Second Reading: Titus 2:11-14
Gospel: Luke 2:1-14

Dawn (1AM - 8AM)
First Reading: Isaiah 62:11-12
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 97:1, 6, 11-12
Second Reading: Titus 3:4-7
Gospel: Luke 2:15-20

Day (8AM - 11:59PM)
First Reading: Isaiah 52:7-10
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 98:1, 2-3, 3-4, 5-6
Second Reading: Hebrews 1:1-6
Gospel: John 1:1-18 or 1:1-5, 9-14

Extraordinary Form
Vigil (4PM - 12AM)
EPISTLE: Romans 1: 1-6
GRADUAL: Exodus 16: 6, 7
GOSPEL: Matthew 1: 18-21

Midnight (12AM)
EPISTLE: Titus 2: 11-15
GRADUAL: Exodus 16: 6, 7
GOSPEL: Luke 2: 1-14

Dawn (1AM - 8AM)
EPISTLE: Titus 3: 4, 7
GRADUAL: Ps: 117. 27, 26, 23
GOSPEL: Luke 2: 15, 20.

Day (8AM - 11:59PM)
EPISTLE: Hebrews 1: 1-12
GRADUAL: Ps. 97. 3, 4, 2
GOSPEL: John 1
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What authority do you have for the times quoted.
 
Matthew_Holford said:
What authority do you have for the times quoted.
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I don’t have any authority for the times quoted but those are the usual timed parameters in my experience and other parishes will deviate from that which is acceptable and tailered to the needs of said parishes.
 
Matthew_Holford said:
What authority do you have for the times quoted.
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I don’t know where he gets the times but I know that where I grew up the Mass at Dawn was always celebrated back to back with the Midnight Mass until after Vatican II. I remember vividly my first time attending Midnight Mass and expecting to go home shortly after Communion and being perplexed at another Mass starting immediately after the Blessing.
 
Chuck1 said:
No not near Liverpool , I live in Dorset , does it get boring doing the same thing everytime? And I don’t remember all that going on in the mass ? When do we do that ?
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To be where God is made physically present…boring?
 
odile53 said:
One year it snowed heavily starting early in the afternoon of the 24th. I think it was two years after we moved upstate. By nine pm the roads were practically impassable. No problem! My husband and I hopped on the snowmobiles and went to midnight Mass. When we turned onto the street where our church is, we were delighted to find that approximately a hundred other parishioners had the same inspiration, as did Monsignior. The rectory was having major plumbing work done, and he was staying in a rented farmhouse a few miles outside town. When the weather started to deteriorate early in the afternoon, he had tried to borrow someone’s 4 X 4, but couldn’t find anyone. The homeowner had a snowmobile, and Monsignior taught himself how to ride it that very afternoon. He made sure he got to church very early in order to “defrost” in time for Mass.
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This sounds just delightful, and makes me nostalgic for my Christmases growing up in New England (not that we ever had to ride a snowmobile to Mass on the South Shore of Boston…)

While there are several Midnight Masses here at our Cathedral and a few other churches, our parish has its last Christmas Eve Mass at 10 pm, and has for several years. The best-attended Masses (with what a former pastor called the “poinsettias” - folks who are only seen at Christmas - filling the pews) are the 4 pm and 5:30 pm “family Masses”, with a fair number of people at the 7 pm, as well.

Here, it’s rare even to need a coat at Christmas. 😦 Just not right!!!
 
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