I love liturgy; I believe liturgy should always be done right, according to the rubrics, and be both beautiful and inspiring. Palm Sunday gives us many unique opportunities to celebrate a beautiful and meaningful liturgy. So please answer the following questions for me:
Was there a blessing of palms at the mass you attended or were the palms already blessed?
Were you encouraged to hold up your palms during the processional?
Was the congregation allowed to be involved in the processional?
Did your priest & deacon read the opening prayer and Gospel from the back of church?
Was incense used today?
Was the Gospel of the Passion read today with the parts of narrator, Christ and voice by different people?
Did the congregation participate?
Was the homily short?
Was there a reminder to treat your palms as any other blessed sacramental?
Hope I get some responses??
1. Blessing of palms inside of the courtyard before we processed into the church.
ReplyDelete2. NO
3. Yes, they were invited to go outside for the beginning of Palm Sunday Services.
4. No deacon at this parish. Priest read it outside.
5. YES
incense - NO thanks be to God I am very allergic
next 2 - yes and yes
homily was fairly short
NO reminder to treat palms that way - wish there were!
The Polish congregation at the 11 am mass goes all out for Palm Sunday, bringing their own.