Blessing of Palms before Low Mass (1962 Missal)
  • RCruz
    Posts: 13
    How does the blessing of palms work if it takes place before a low Mass in the 1962 Missal? Are all the antiphons simply spoken? Or are they omitted? Any guidance, especially the kind that cites chapter and verse, would be most helpful.
  • ntnch1776
    Posts: 12
    Fortescue (15th ed., pp. 330-332) directs them to be said in accord with the Ordo Hebdomadae Sanctae Instauratus, Ritus Simplex (1957):
    -At the entrance of the celebrant, the antiphon Hosanna filio David is recited by assisting clergy, or the celebrant says it with the servers
    -The celebrant says Dominus vobiscum and the prayer of blessing the palms
    -Before the distribution of palms, the celebrant recites with the servers the two antiphons Pueri Hebraeorum without the psalms
    -During the distribution of palms, the assisting clergy recite the antiphons and psalms
    -The celebrant says the Gospel Cum appropinquasset
    -The servers say Laus tibi, Christe after the celebrant says Per evangelica dicta after the Gospel
    -The celebrant says Procedamus in pace and all answer In nomine Christi. Amen.
    -The assisting clergy (or, if there are none, the celebrant with the servers) say the antiphon Occurrunt turbae and other texts during the procession; the people should join in
    -The people may sing Christus vincit and other hymns, even in the vernacular (but not translations of the liturgical hymns, e.g., Gloria laus)
    -When the celebrant crosses the threshold of the church, the responsory Ingrediente Domino is begun
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