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(OSV News) — As a kid, 29-year-old Deacon Zane Langenbrunner loved to sing in church.
“The people in the pew in front of us would turn around and say to my parents, ‘He sings so loud, and we love that,'” Deacon Langenbrunner, a Mishawaka, Indiana, native studying at the Pontifical North American College (PMAC) in Rome, told OSV News.
Now, the deacon — a high school marching band alumnus who will be ordained to the sacred priesthood in June — is set to sing the Easter proclamation, or Exsultet, at the Easter Vigil Mass Pope Francis celebrates April 8 at St. Peter’s Basilica.
“Every year, one of the deacons in the PMAC choir gets to help in singing it. It’s kind of a little tradition that one of (our) guys gets to do it, and this year, I was fortunate enough to be asked,” said Deacon Langenbrunner. “I said yes.”
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, Deacon Langenbrunner’s home diocese, told OSV News he was “thrilled” at the prospect.
“Deacon Zane is a humble young man and exemplary seminarian,” said the bishop, adding “the privilege of chanting the Exsultet” was “not an easy musical task.”
In the Latin Church led by the pope, the bishop of Rome, the ancient text of the Exsultet — named for its first word, Latin for “exult” — is normally sung by a deacon (or a priest, or lay cantor if necessary) as the Paschal candle is blessed during the Easter Vigil.
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“The people in the pew in front of us would turn around and say to my parents, ‘He sings so loud, and we love that,'” Deacon Langenbrunner, a Mishawaka, Indiana, native studying at the Pontifical North American College (PMAC) in Rome, told OSV News.
Now, the deacon — a high school marching band alumnus who will be ordained to the sacred priesthood in June — is set to sing the Easter proclamation, or Exsultet, at the Easter Vigil Mass Pope Francis celebrates April 8 at St. Peter’s Basilica.
“Every year, one of the deacons in the PMAC choir gets to help in singing it. It’s kind of a little tradition that one of (our) guys gets to do it, and this year, I was fortunate enough to be asked,” said Deacon Langenbrunner. “I said yes.”
Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, Deacon Langenbrunner’s home diocese, told OSV News he was “thrilled” at the prospect.
“Deacon Zane is a humble young man and exemplary seminarian,” said the bishop, adding “the privilege of chanting the Exsultet” was “not an easy musical task.”
In the Latin Church led by the pope, the bishop of Rome, the ancient text of the Exsultet — named for its first word, Latin for “exult” — is normally sung by a deacon (or a priest, or lay cantor if necessary) as the Paschal candle is blessed during the Easter Vigil.
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'You sing, and the Holy Spirit does the rest': US deacon to chant Easter proclamation at St. Peter's Basilica
Deacon Zane Langenbrunner is set to sing the Easter proclamation at the Easter Vigil Mass Pope Francis celebrates April 8 at St. Peter's Basilica.
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