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You may have seen my other post about my first time serving Low Mass…a couple weeks ago. Well today the parish had its first High Mass. Just beautiful, even though only a little over a dozen people attended. I understand Rome wasn’t built in a day. Pray for us.
I was the thurifer. My duties: I carried the censor; I held Father’s chasuble on the left side while he incensed the altar; I incensed the people and the Blessed Sacrament at the Consecration.
I’m 28, and the three other servers were older gents. They had served, as the one said, “generations ago”, so basically this was like learning all over again. Really, only the Master of Ceremonies --the server coordinator-- knew what to do the entire time. But he directed us wonderfully. We had a few bumps in the road, but nothing horrible. The biggest snag was dealing with the architecture of the sanctuary. There is a huge pillar on either side of the altar that kept getting in the way, making for tight squeezes when we were gathered there together.
The celebrant was not a priest from the parish. He’s a Benedictine from a local monastery. He is absolutely outstanding. Before processing in, we gathered round in the sacristy and he lead us in the Apostle’s Creed, Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be and Regina Caeli…in Latin, of course. At the end of Mass, back in the sacristy, he gave us a blessing…in Latin, of course. We asked him to critique us, and he said everything was fine. During Mass, he directed us in a most charitable and humble manner when we looked lost.
Folks, I’m on a high right now that you wouldn’t believe. I can’t believe I have to wait a full 2 weeks for my next opportunity to serve High Mass.
If anyone is in the Cleveland area, and would like to know which parish this is, PM me. We need to fill up these pews.
You may have seen my other post about my first time serving Low Mass…a couple weeks ago. Well today the parish had its first High Mass. Just beautiful, even though only a little over a dozen people attended. I understand Rome wasn’t built in a day. Pray for us.
I was the thurifer. My duties: I carried the censor; I held Father’s chasuble on the left side while he incensed the altar; I incensed the people and the Blessed Sacrament at the Consecration.
I’m 28, and the three other servers were older gents. They had served, as the one said, “generations ago”, so basically this was like learning all over again. Really, only the Master of Ceremonies --the server coordinator-- knew what to do the entire time. But he directed us wonderfully. We had a few bumps in the road, but nothing horrible. The biggest snag was dealing with the architecture of the sanctuary. There is a huge pillar on either side of the altar that kept getting in the way, making for tight squeezes when we were gathered there together.
The celebrant was not a priest from the parish. He’s a Benedictine from a local monastery. He is absolutely outstanding. Before processing in, we gathered round in the sacristy and he lead us in the Apostle’s Creed, Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be and Regina Caeli…in Latin, of course. At the end of Mass, back in the sacristy, he gave us a blessing…in Latin, of course. We asked him to critique us, and he said everything was fine. During Mass, he directed us in a most charitable and humble manner when we looked lost.
Folks, I’m on a high right now that you wouldn’t believe. I can’t believe I have to wait a full 2 weeks for my next opportunity to serve High Mass.
If anyone is in the Cleveland area, and would like to know which parish this is, PM me. We need to fill up these pews.
too, Markadm.