Anybody attended the Vigil Mass tonight?

thehehe · Mar 27, 2016

Mine Vigil was beautiful. Each time I am impressed by the beauty of the liturgical chants of Easter. Joyful & of a great profundity.
However it was quite strange, to sing God's love and our joy while some armed soldiers were patroling around the Cathedral to prevent any attack. Really, our world is changing and not in good.
Anyway it was a beautiful Vigil and HAPPY EASTER everyone!

Stabat Mater dolorosa · Mar 27, 2016

thehehe said:
Mine Vigil was beautiful. Each time I am impressed by the beauty of the liturgical chants of Easter. Joyful & of a great profundity.
However it was quite strange, to sing God's love and our joy while some armed soldiers were patroling around the Cathedral to prevent any attack. Really, our world is changing and not in good.
Anyway it was a beautiful Vigil and HAPPY EASTER everyone!

Alleluia He is risen, Alleluia !

I'm happy to hear that you had a beautiful experience at the Vigil.
Armed guards outside the cathedral? Really?

It's sad how things are developing these days, it really is

At least we shall not fear because Christ is Risen on this day!
We shall never perish dearest sister.

Happy easter to you and yours dear thehehe, God bless.

pdudgeon · Mar 27, 2016

Michie said:
People either dress formal or a nice casual. A pair of nice pants and a nice shirt would be ok.

agreed. i saw both at our mass, with one young man sporting a jaunty bow tie, and others in clean Tshirts and jeans.
my daughter came in a sparkly Tshirt, jeans, and flowing red hair, while i sported a plain classical long slieved full length slate blue sheath with mock turtle neckline, black ballerina flats, and a matching string of gunmetal grey beads.

pdudgeon · Mar 27, 2016

our mass was so beautiful! we had young servers--the oldest of whom was about 12 years old, but they did a beautiful job.
the best part was that their leader was also robed, and was right there serving alongside of them to give them confidence.
The service was wonderful, with the choir in the heavenlies (balcony), our cantor doing an exceptional job with the liturgy.
the seven scripture readings set forth with the light of the Pascal candle into a darkened church helped to emphasize the darkness of man's 'wisdom' when compared in each instance to the light of God and Christ.

Without a doubt the most impressive service yet!

Anhelyna · Mar 27, 2016

Excuse me - we really don't want to hear about your young Servers - we want to hear about YOUR feelings as you were Received , Confirmed and Communed for the first time

Michie · Mar 27, 2016

So happy for you pdudgeon!

anjelica · Mar 27, 2016

Pdudgeon, it all sounds very wonderful.

Michie · Mar 27, 2016

You tend to soak everything up. The sights, sounds, and smells!

anjelica · Mar 27, 2016

Very true Michie. All our senses are involved, and sometimrs it is difficult to explain or describe what we feel exactly. I know I do.

Tallguy88 · Mar 27, 2016

I went to vigil last night with some coworkers. It was very nice, first time I've done the processing in from outside part of it. All the other Easter vigils I've attended lacked the procession. We had a lot of people getting baptized and confirmed. Maybe 20-30.

After that, I went to Taco Bell and drank some Summer Shandy at home.

Michie · Mar 27, 2016

Tallguy88 said:
I went to vigil last night with some coworkers. It was very nice, first time I've done the processing in from outside part of it. All the other Easter vigils I've attended lacked the procession. We had a lot of people getting baptized and confirmed. Maybe 20-30.

After that, I went to Taco Bell and drank some Summer Shandy at home.

Sounds nice! We have always done the procession.

Chrystal-J · Mar 27, 2016

I went to mine. It was about 2 1/2 hours long. We had 22 people joining the Faith. It was really nice.

Michie · Mar 27, 2016

Nice number!

anjelica · Mar 27, 2016

We had two joining. It was lovely.

Michie · Mar 27, 2016

anjelica said:
We had two joining. It was lovely.

Glad you enjoyed it Angelica.

the_Abbot · Mar 27, 2016

I attended last night's vigil mass and was baptized, confirmed and received communion. It was such a great night and so happy to belong to the Church now.

pdudgeon · Mar 27, 2016

Anhelyna said:
Excuse me - we really don't want to hear about your young Servers - we want to hear about YOUR feelings as you were Received , Confirmed and Communed for the first time

my initial feeling is that everything was put into perspective, just as it should be.........and I was a very small part of the whole, definitely not the star of the show that you would have me to be.
and I'm comfortable with that.

Upon further reflection, what impresssed me most about the liturgy itself was it's construct in the three parts to show not only the history of the relationship between God and man, but also how the Church takes that historical relationship and renders it completely viable for modern times as well as ancient.

tadoflamb · Mar 28, 2016

pdudgeon said:
our mass was so beautiful! we had young servers--the oldest of whom was about 12 years old, but they did a beautiful job.
the best part was that their leader was also robed, and was right there serving alongside of them to give them confidence.
The service was wonderful, with the choir in the heavenlies (balcony), our cantor doing an exceptional job with the liturgy.
the seven scripture readings set forth with the light of the Pascal candle into a darkened church helped to emphasize the darkness of man's 'wisdom' when compared in each instance to the light of God and Christ.

Without a doubt the most impressive service yet!

Thanks for sharing pdudgeon. I'm always interested in what's going on in other peoples parish's. Especially now that I'm feeling so distant from my own. Welcome home!

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