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Did anyone take the plunge and go to Easter Vigil?

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chevyontheriver said:
It started at 8:30 PM and was done at 11:00 PM. Not particularly cram packed. We had three baptisms and seven other confirmations. Fairly good. I've heard many other places with more. I'm wondering if Aslan is on the move.
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What I find kind of sad (Ok, sad, not kind of) was that the other parish is literally only a mile away from the one I went to and was packed like sardines and while there was a decent crowd at my parish, it was not packed :| There does seem to be a bias toward the other parish, and yet I feel kind of sorry for the one I went to, because they do a great job in their Holy Week and Easter Masses anyway. There is a "cult of personality" thing about the other parish's priest, and that must be what is going on here. I can't lie, I still have it in my system too - he is charming and has a nice voice and beautiful homilies and it's hard to steer away from it. I do have to remind myself, though, that I need to be tolerant of other priests because if I get too hung up on a priest, my mind gets screwed up.
 
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Lady Bug said:
What I find kind of sad (Ok, sad, not kind of) was that the other parish is literally only a mile away from the one I went to and was packed like sardines and while there was a decent crowd at my parish, it was not packed :| There does seem to be a bias toward the other parish, and yet I feel kind of sorry for the one I went to, because they do a great job in their Holy Week and Easter Masses anyway. There is a "cult of personality" thing about the other parish's priest, and that must be what is going on here. I can't lie, I still have it in my system too - he is charming and has a nice voice and beautiful homilies and it's hard to steer away from it. I do have to remind myself, though, that I need to be tolerant of other priests because if I get too hung up on a priest, my mind gets screwed up.
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It shouldn't be about the priest. But it's so natural for us to start making it about the priest.
 
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chevyontheriver said:
It started at 8:30 PM and was done at 11:00 PM. Not particularly cram packed. We had three baptisms and seven other confirmations. Fairly good. I've heard many other places with more. I'm wondering if Aslan is on the move.
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I'm confused. Aslan?
 
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Michie said:
Chronicles of Narnia.
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I'm aware it's from the Chronicles of Narnia. I was just confused by his post, is all. Care to elaborate?
 
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I'm aware it's from the Chronicles of Narnia. I was just confused by his post, is all. Care to elaborate?
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He was the Jesus figure in the books.
 
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Michie said:
I think Chevy was wondering if Jesus is on the move with all the converts coming into the Church. Understand now?
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Ah, I see! I was just confused is all! thanks for clarifying, I appreciate that! :)

God bless the Archdiocese of Omaha! I pray they have many more vocations to the priesthood and religious life! Amen!
 
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chevyontheriver said:
It shouldn't be about the priest. But it's so natural for us to start making it about the priest.
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I've done it and suffered from it for over a couple years after Confirmation. It still isn't totally gone but it's nowhere near as bad as it once was.
 
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Michie said:
I’ve been thinking about it all day. But of course, I could not go. I was just wondering if anyone else went and if so, what was it like in your parish? Have many converts?
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I went to Mass on Easter morning. I’ve been to Easter vigils and they are so lengthy. I do know we have quite a few new converts, though.
 
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chevyontheriver said:
It started at 8:30 PM and was done at 11:00 PM. Not particularly cram packed. We had three baptisms and seven other confirmations. Fairly good. I've heard many other places with more. I'm wondering if Aslan is on the move.
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Ours started at 8 pm. I’m already my jammies by then.
 
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FaithT said:
I went to Mass on Easter morning. I’ve been to Easter vigils and they are so lengthy. I do know we have quite a few new converts, though.
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Sometimes I think the Church has it backwards, lol - the Vigil ceremony (the big one) should be done in the daytime like Good Friday is done, and the one that is currently morning (length-wise) should be the evening Mass like it is done during Ordinary-time Saturday Vigil Masses (time of evening).
 
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