[Magdalen] Easter Vigil.

[Scott Knitter]

In our parish in Michigan, we had a 6 a.m. Vigil one year and the
clocks went forward an hour that night. The choir was to report at 5
a.m. for warmup, which of course felt like 4 a.m. I sang for that
Vigil in one of the worst moods of my life. Then we had to be back at
9:30 for the 10:30 service. Felt awful all day.

On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 6:45 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, and I'd add this:
> I go to the Vigil because I love it.
> And I avoid the Easter Sunday Eucharist because of the mobs.
> Glad they're there, but not wanting to be part of that any more.
>
> Also, as I've said before, 4 am is not the safest time to be abroad in the
> city.
> And when the subway's not running, it's worse.
> -M
>
> On Friday, April 7, 2017, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I can understand the ideal of having the Great Vigil be THE parishwide
>> Easter celebration, but if mainly the clergy are the ones interested
>> in that ideal, it won't work so great. The big Sunday morning festive
>> Eucharist needs to be there, too, in many places. We've certainly got
>> that. (We do the Vigil at 8pm Saturday and then our regular schedule
>> at 8, 9, and 11 on Sunday). Might take some years to move toward the
>> Vigil only, and some won't be able to manage the time of day it
>> happens; for some it's too long or too strange...
>>
>>



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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA