Tuesday, April 22, 2003

The Easter Triduum was especially good this year. At the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper, the beautiful “Ubi Caritas et amor Deus Ibi est” refrain was used while the priest washed the feet of the twelve. This refrain was repeated over and over again by choir and congregation. My favorite priest sung the Exultant at the Easter Vigil, he has a great voice. The Litany of the Saints was nicely done by the choir director, although it was hard to make out the Saints’ name sometimes. I am very picky when it comes to Liturgy and have to say I really don’t have anything to complain about. I do have a couple of questions some people may be able to answer though. Is the Litany of the Saints ever updated to include the newer saints?? Can you just stick their names into the song? Also, the Passion is not read as it used to be-with the priest reading the parts of Christ, and a narrator reading one part, the congregation reading the crowd parts. Instead, the priest, and 2 readers just take turns reading the whole thing. Why was this changed? The congregation was encouraged to sing the interludes which were hymns sung after each section. I don’t feel strongly about this one way or another but wonder why it was changed.

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