Well, tonight’s Easter Vigil mass went for two hours from 8:00pm to 10:00pm. There were four servers and six priests, including the presiding one, who sang parts of the mass. The choir is much better and louder, too. Some of the mostly elder members sang solo for the responsorial psalms and Litany of the Saints. I couldn’t help myself and had to sing along, melody and harmony, of course.
The presiding priest gave a sermon about the second stanze to the Responorial Psalm from the Second Reading:
(Psalm 16:5, 8, 9-10, 11)
“Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices, my body, too, abides in confidence; because you will not abandon my soul to the netherworld, nor will you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption.”
He explained the mass was about INCORRUPTIBLE bodies, not the body of J. Christ missing from the tomb or stolen by thieves, and of course the resurrection. He went on further about Son of David, not King of David and something about seven weeks.
Later, there were those who received Baptism Eucharist and Confirmation: Three females and two males. Three more females made a Profession of Faith and received Eucharist and Confirmation. I got pissed when Maw whispered loudly in my right ear hole. The sensation left behind wouldn’t go away for a few minutes. I jammed my red purse containing Shrimpsei’s OtterBox in between us.
Anyway, the lighting of the Easter Candle was done in the dark as well as the readings. I managed to follow along without my glasses! Then the announcements were made. This one is found in this week’s bulletin.
“On the suggestion of the parishioner, [our parish] has had T-Loops installed in the Church. The loops surround the two front sections of pews closets to the altar, labeled with blue placards. Two-thirds of the U.S. hearing aids have the setting enhanced by these loops. We encourage our parishioners with hearing aids to take advantage of these special additions to our Church.”
Of course, we could plainly hear the buzz inside our skulls. That’s a lot of radio wave frequency. Oh, and the usual red-faced entities were present, one of which was a photographer, standing all nice and proper as would a “fellow brother”.
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