Today's went about one hour 45 minutes.
The Vigil Mass is indeed the longest Mass of the year for us. It runs between 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
I want to make sure I get my rest in, earlier this week because we really decorate our Church and we can not even begin until after Good Friday services which do not begin until 8PM.
Many of our local parishes closed their doors after 11PM, alhthough our parish is going to remain open all night with the Knights standing guard until morning.
Our last Good Friday Service starts at 8:30 pm.
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.