Palm Sunday

Your regular Mass (Sunday Mass) is usually an hour and 20 minutes? Or just Palm Sunday? Our regular Mass is about an hour (which is long, since my childhood parish Sunday Masses were about 40-45 minutes). Palm Sunday Mass was always longer.

I went to Palm Sunday Mass at 7:30am (we usually go on Saturday night) because my senior had to be at the school at 5:30 for her senior class trip to Disney World...so stayed awake all night since she had to be awake at 4am. The 7:30am Mass was a bit shorter but still had the Procession.

Our Vigil Mass is about 2 1/2 hours too. It used to be longer but our new Monsignor cut out some readings because he starts it later (at 8 as opposed to 7, he won’t start it until after sundown). We do the fire outside first. It’s a beautiful ceremony. After Mass, we have a reception in our Parish hall. I’m on the kitchen committee, food/set up, etc. My husband is in RCIA, he converted and became a Catholic in 2003, and is a team member now and RCIA organizes the Easter Vigil and Reception.

We had (the youth group) the Passion Play last weekend. It’s always a wonderful experience. My teens have participated the last 4 years but this year one was a vocalist as well as being Mary. It’s eye opening to see these kids perform the Passion.

Happy Easter to you, too :)

It has been a while! LOL, I do get chatty so no hurry. I’m still thinking, haven’t found the name yet, but did find the one in Margate (you got that right?) you played at. Those were the days. Summers at the Jersey Shore :) The husband and kids are already talking about vacation in OC. I know I’m getting old when I’m vacationing in OC, lol.

Just to weigh in on this survey;

Weekly Mass: 25 minutes, like clockwork.

Palm Sunday: 115 minutes.

Regular Sunday Mass is about 55 minutes on any given Sunday. To this I would add 5, as they always seem to start up late due to announcements.

Mrs. Joe, an “observant non-Catholic”, is always late for church. This annoys me to no end and her penance is to listen to me tell her what the Penitential Rite is all about and why I need it. This annoys her to no end, which is as I have designed it.

Good fo r Mr. Twink to be working in the RCIA.

This year we have something very interesting in my church; we have a high Anglican or Episcopal Bascilica (can’t recall and they never actually identify themselves) very close to us ~ word has it that this Church actually left the larger denomination years ago.

Anyway, the church is very Orthodox in its practices, from what I have heard they have some liturgical elements that can be described as pre-Vatican II. Within their their community, which has been somewhat cloistered, they have a small group of about a half dozen nuns. These sisters wear traditional habits, as you might have seen when you were a child (like SSJs), except their habits are dark blue. I call them “blue nuns”.

Anyway, 2 of their congregation are joining the Catholic Church this year through our parish, many of their parishioners have joined us in years gone by.

One of the sisters attends Mass pretty regularly ~ in as much as I can attend during the week, I’ve noticed her there. From what I hear, after they join the Catholic Churh they will have to shop around for a new religious community and a place to live.

Pretty interesting. I’ve been especially keeping these 2 women in my prayers.

We’ll be kicking off the season at the beach this weekend in Delaware. The kids will be spoil by the parental units. Mrs. Joe and I will attend the church we were married in, another St. Ann’s in Bethany.

Has anyone ever mentioned that you type with a distinctive “south Philly accent”? It’s a good thing.

I swear. It comes through. ;0)

Yo, Twink!

“Thanks for the ping; post; thread. Informative. Educational.”

I like the addition of the Palm Crosses, too.

I have never done those and my son (age 10) was struggling to make one. I was thinking (while correcting him about making it during Mass) I’ll have to look that up on the internet when I get home and here it is.

Thanks.

Our regular Mass begins at 10AM and ends at 11:20 almost every week.

He is from Malta and is very traditional. Even to the point of covering the statues until Easter Virgil.

I enjoy his homilies which by the way are on you tube. If ya want to check them out just type in Fr Carmel homilies.

To tell they truth he ought to be on EWTN, he is that good.

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