[Magdalen] Solemn Palm Sunday?

[Judy Fleener]

I think the Palm Sunday Liturgy is important,  I was disappointed yesterday
when after distributing parts our priest decided to have three readers
instead.  The reading was not particularly well done,  So I'd like to hear
from you all:  Parts in the reading of the passion or not?

On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 6:32 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:

> What Eleanor said. The Palm Sunday liturgy is an important way to enter
> Holy Week. There’s enough time during the week, even evening time, to be
> quiet and reflective, walk the labyrinth, etc. Maybe a late-Lent quiet day.
> But not the main service on Palm Sunday!
>
> On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 3:57 PM Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I agree with you.  Parishioners presumably can walk the labyrinth
> anytime.
> >
> > The Palm/Passion Sunday procession from Hosannas to the Crucifixion is a
> > drama central to Holy Week.
> >
> > Eleanor
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I just realized that this question doesn’t seem to have made it here
> last
> > > week.
> > > A local interim rector decided they would have a “Solemn Palm Sunday”
> > > service. No Palm procession or Hosannas, folks will have time to walk
> the
> > > labyrinth, if they want....
> > > The parishioner who told me was not pleased.
> > > I was just curious about what you all thought about it; I’ve never
> > > encountered this before. I’ve always like the movement during the
> service
> > > from the Hosannas to the Crucifixion.
> > > I don’t know how it went yet.
> >
> --
> Ann
>
> The Rev. Ann Markle
> Buffalo, NY
> www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>



-- 
Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
Western Michigan