Palm Sunday

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My question is regarding the solemn procession and blessing of palms. Isn’t it appropriate to do it at each liturgy even the vigil mass?
 
RKBRTB said:
My question is regarding the solemn procession and blessing of palms. Isn’t it appropriate to do it at each liturgy even the vigil mass?
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Yes.

There are three options - any of which may legitimately be chosen at any mass time.
 
Thanks for your last answer and I should have been clearer. Can you repeat the solemn procession and blessing of the palms, whichever option you choose, multiple times at the vigil and then at 2 or 3 masses on the Sunday liturgies?
 
RKBRTB said:
Thanks for your last answer and I should have been clearer. Can you repeat the solemn procession and blessing of the palms, whichever option you choose, multiple times at the vigil and then at 2 or 3 masses on the Sunday liturgies?
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NO. The solemn procession can only happen once, at the Mass with the most people, whether that is the anticipated Mass celebrated on Saturday evening or the 12 noon Sunday Mass.

Paschale Solemnitatis January 16, 1988
  1. The commemoration of the entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem has, according to ancient custom, been celebrated with a solemn procession, in which the faithful in song and gesture imitate the Hebrew children who went to meet the Lord, singing “Hosanna.” [33]
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The procession may take place only once, before the Mass that has the largest attendance, even if this should be in the evening of either Saturday or Sunday. The congregation should assemble in a secondary church or chapel or in some other suitable place distinct from the church to which the procession will move.
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PaixGioiaAmor said:
Yes.

There are three options - any of which may legitimately be chosen at any mass time.
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No, the solemn procession can only be done once, at the Mass with the greatest attendance.

Paschale Solemnitatis:
  1. The commemoration of the entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem has, according to ancient custom, been celebrated with a solemn procession, in which the faithful in song and gesture imitate the Hebrew children who went to meet the Lord, singing “Hosanna.” [33]
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The procession may take place only once, before the Mass that has the largest attendance, even if this should be in the evening of either Saturday or Sunday. The congregation should assemble in a secondary church or chapel or in some other suitable place distinct from the church to which the procession will move.
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Phemie said:
No, the solemn procession can only be done once, at the Mass with the greatest attendance.

Paschale Solemnitatis:
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Good dig up. This issue never came up in a parish for me and I don’t believe the Ordo addresses it.

Good find.
 
PaixGioiaAmor said:
Good dig up. This issue never came up in a parish for me and I don’t believe the Ordo addresses it.

Good find.
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I found it when someone was complaining last year in my parish that the Saturday evening crowd (approx. 25) never get the good stuff and that it should be the same way at both Masses. I thought I’d see if anything had been written about it.

My first uncharitable thought though was that nobody (including me) who’s a regular at the anticipated Mass is unable to go on Sundays if they want “the good stuff”. Heck, I’m finding it harder and harder to justify even having an anticipated Mass when the congregation is so small and would have no significant impact on the Sunday morning attendance were we to all attend that Mass. I’m a regular reader at the anticipated Mass so I usually attend that one but lately have started going to Sunday a.m. if I’m not scheduled to read on Saturday.
 
I know that normally the Saturday evening Mass fulfills the Sunday obligation but does that also include Palm Sunday or do we actually have to attend on Palm Sunday?
 
If it is in the evening on Saturday and uses the Palm Sunday orations and readings it fulfills the obligation. Most diocese have some kind of regulation about how early an anticipated Sunday Mass can be, it is common to be 4 PM.

Attending a wedding on Saturday afternoon does not fulfill the obligation.
 
Obviously, based on Paschale Solemnitatis that says that the solemn procession can be at the Saturday anticipated Mass if that’s the one with the greatest attendance, Saturday’s anticipated Mass fulfills your obligation.
 
jbebeau said:
If it is in the evening on Saturday and uses the Palm Sunday orations and readings it fulfills the obligation. Most diocese have some kind of regulation about how early an anticipated Sunday Mass can be, it is common to be 4 PM.

Attending a wedding on Saturday afternoon does not fulfill the obligation.
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I don’t know if this has ever happened to any of y’all. A former colleague of mine got married on the Saturday before Palm Sunday. The Mass was scheduled after the anticipated Sunday Vigil Mass.:eek: It was rather disconcerting because it just wasn’t appropriate. A couple of years later, the same parish decided to have its Spring festival on Palm Sunday.:eek: :eek:

The bishop nearly had an attack. While he did nip the Spring Festival in the bud for the following year, I don’t know if he ever took any action regarding weddings celebrated after the Anticipated Sunday Vigil Mass for Palm Sunday.
 
hi brothers and sisters, just want to share some pictures of the Palm Sunday celebration in our parish today.

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