Water oddities at Easter Vigil

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Has anybody heard of this?

In my parish, after the baptisms at the Easter Vigil, the entire congregation was invited to come up to the sanctuary and “relate to the baptismal water” – dip ones hands in it, bless oneself with it . . . whatever one felt moved to do.

Any liturgy committee folks out there who have seen this in any directives?
 
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mercygate:
Has anybody heard of this?

In my parish, after the baptisms at the Easter Vigil, the entire congregation was invited to come up to the sanctuary and “relate to the baptismal water” – dip ones hands in it, bless oneself with it . . . whatever one felt moved to do.

Any liturgy committee folks out there who have seen this in any directives?
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There is no directive from the Holy See for this sort of nonsense. It’s my guess that it was dreamed-up by your “liturgy committee.” A bad dream at that…
 
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mercygate:
Has anybody heard of this?

In my parish, after the baptisms at the Easter Vigil, the entire congregation was invited to come up to the sanctuary and “relate to the baptismal water” – dip ones hands in it, bless oneself with it . . . whatever one felt moved to do.

Any liturgy committee folks out there who have seen this in any directives?
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I haven’t seen this specifically. But it sounds like a homemade variation on the sprinkling rite. Did you have a sprinkling rite after the baptisms?

I would hesitate to call it an abuse though. If you had baptisms by immersion , it might just have been a suggested time filler while everyone was waiting for the newly baptized and the ministers to change into dry clothes.
 
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I haven’t seen this specifically. But it sounds like a homemade variation on the sprinkling rite. Did you have a sprinkling rite after the baptisms?
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Nope.
 
My old parish did this several years ago. This happened about the same time the holy water was removed from the cups and filled with sand at the beginning of lent. I would be very suspicious.
Today, I don’t think I would appreciate it at the vigil which is extremely long (yet most beautiful).
I see no need to extend the time.

I don’t know what GIRM says.
 
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My old parish did this several years ago. This happened about the same time the holy water was removed from the cups and filled with sand at the beginning of lent. I would be very suspicious.
Today, I don’t think I would appreciate it at the vigil which is extremely long (yet most beautiful).
I see no need to extend the time.

I don’t know what GIRM says.
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I doubt the GIRM says anything about this.

As to whether or not it extends the time… In many parishes nothing much happens at this time anyways because everyone has to wait for the celebrant (assuming he is actually doing the baptizing) and the newly baptized to go change out of their wet clothing. I suspect this idea of going to the font/pool/whatever was a way to fill the time. Mercygate said there was no sprinkling rite which is what some parishes do at this time.
 
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mercygate:
Has anybody heard of this?

In my parish, after the baptisms at the Easter Vigil, the entire congregation was invited to come up to the sanctuary and “relate to the baptismal water” – dip ones hands in it, bless oneself with it . . . whatever one felt moved to do.

Any liturgy committee folks out there who have seen this in any directives?
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I’m not on any liturgy committee, but yep, this happened at my old, quasi-heretical parish when I was at a secular University. The baptismal “font” (read: hot-tub) was up in front of the sanctuary, and at one part of the Mass the congregation was invited to come up and dip their hands in it, etc.

The seemingly endless string of liturgical novelties never ceases to amaze…
 
Gee, I wonder…maybe if we didn’t dunk people in the Sacred Jacuzzi, we wouldn’t have to wait for them to change their clothes. :confused:

Nah, that’s crazy talk. Some people prolly like the wet t-shirt look at the Easter Vigil.
 
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