Easter Vigil in Extraordinary Form
  • hartleymartin
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    Is the Easter Vigil in the EF the same as the Easter mass of the day? I am having trouble sorting out some liturgical resources for a group having the EF liturgy Easter Vigil this weekend. I am only putting together the collection of music for a missa cantata.
  • dad29
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    Propers are different, and at the end of the Mass, the choir sings Lauds.
  • MHIMHI
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  • MaryAnn Carr WilsonMaryAnn Carr Wilson
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    The two liturgies are very different.
    The 1961 Liber Usualis has all the music, and I believe it's downloadable on the musicasacra site.
  • expeditus1
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    1962 EF Easter Vigil:

    The Easter Vigil has no Introit, Offertory or Communion Propers.

    There are 4 Prophecies (Lessons) done by celebrant/deacon. After the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Prophecies, the choir sings a canticle.

    The Litany of the Saints is sung, and split into two parts; the blessing of the baptismal water takes place in-between.

    No organ until the Gloria.

    There is a triple Alleluia sung by the celebrant after the Epistle, raising the tone each time, which the choir repeats each time. This is followed by the Gradual/Tract.

    There is no Credo.

    There is no Agnus Dei.

    Lauds consists of a triple Alleluia (different than the Epistle one); Psalm "Laudate Dominum in sanctuario eus"; Antiphon "Et valde mane" (intoned by celebrant) and continued by choir; Canticle of Zachary; Antiphon "Et valde mane" is repeated in its entirety by the choir

    Ite Missa Est (with double Alleluia) is the same as Easter Sunday.

    The "Amen" is recited, not sung at the Final Blessing.

    There is no Last Gospel.

    If you haven't already done so, check out this link from a previous thread. Hugh has done an incredible job putting this all together:http://www.fidelitybooks.com.au/Hugh/
    Thanked by 1tomjaw
  • tomjaw
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    Dear hartleymartin

    Please note the meaning of the word Vigil has been changed, traditionally it meant the day before a Feast, therefor a vigil Mass would be the Mass of the day before, and would usually have been said in the morning.

    In the OF "vigil" means an anticipated Mass said in the early evening...
  • hartleymartin
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    In the OF "vigil" means an anticipated Mass said in the early evening...


    Not necessarily. There remain several solemnities/feasts which have different readings and propers from the solemnity/feast of the day.

    Still cannot find the liturgy sheet for EF easter vigil and so I am giving up on it. I was never contracted/comissioned to take care of this particular liturgy anyway and was only going to put together some resources for the cantor (who probably has all of them anyway).
  • Michael O'Connor
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    That's right. "Vigil" is a residual term from a time when a vigil Mass was was the only type celebrated on Saturday evening. It is not an official term for the usual Saturday Mass of today.
  • JennyH
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    in other words, Christmas vigil is not midnight Mass
  • hartleymartin
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    Can anyone point me to a resource which contains the complete text of the EF Easter Vigil Mass?
  • chonakchonak
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    There's a 1962 missal available as a download from the main CMAA site; the Paschal Vigil starts on p. 182.
    Thanked by 1hartleymartin
  • expeditus1
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    If you go to the link I mentioned above, http://www.fidelitybooks.com.au/Hugh/ , click on the Easter Vigil Congregation Book there. I can't say enough about the job that Hugh did on all of these resources.
    Thanked by 1Jes
  • Paul_OnnonhoaratonPaul_Onnonhoaraton
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    Easter Vigil after the Reforms of Pius XII is quite different than pre-1995 (which you probably already know). Would PSALLITE SAPIENTER be helpful? It is free on CMAA server.
  • tomjaw
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    I have a UVOC style congregation booklet for the Easter Vigil 1962, this is directly taken from the 1962 ed. of the St Andrew Daily Missal, which may not be an accurate reflection of the Missale Romaunum / Graduale Romanum.

    It is too large (2.5mb) to post here in .pdf format. If you need a copy pm with your e-mail, I presume all e-mail accounts accept file of 2.5mb these days.

    I also have a UVOC style congregation booklet and a choir booklet for the pre-1955 rite.
  • bonniebede
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    Thanks for this thread. I thought it was not allowed to have the extraordinary form during the Triduum and this thread sparked me to do some reading - thinking now straightened. The things I learn here!
    Thanked by 1CHGiffen
  • mahrt
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    What is not allowed during the Triduum is a private Mass celebrated by a priest (by his right to celebrate such a Mass during the year), since private Masses are in general not permitted.
  • Protasius
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    And as the Triduum is one big celebration, it is not allowed to celebrate only one of the days of Triduum (which is the reason, why our EF group which only celebrates Mass on Fridays didn't meet last Friday).
  • chonakchonak
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    I just stumbled across an interesting provision in Universae Ecclesiae (2011):
    33. If there is a qualified priest, a coetus fidelium (“group of faithful”), which follows the older liturgical tradition, can also celebrate the Sacred Triduum in the forma extraordinaria. When there is no church or oratory designated exclusively for such celebrations, the parish priest or Ordinary, in agreement with the qualified priest, should find some arrangement favourable to the good of souls, not excluding the possibility of a repetition of the celebration of the Sacred Triduum in the same church.


  • Andris Amolins
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    And as the Triduum is one big celebration, it is not allowed to celebrate only one of the days of Triduum (which is the reason, why our EF group which only celebrates Mass on Fridays didn't meet last Friday).

    Are you sure? It would mean that if a priest serving several parishes in a larger area cannot visit each place every day he can celebrate on none of these days there. I am not convinced that this is so. Could you provide some official text stating this?
  • Protasius
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    My reference is in German from the Repertorium rituum by Hartmann, 1888, a renowned rubrical book. I'll check the other rubricists for official citation, but I am very convinced it is like I said.
  • Protasius
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    Wapelhorst, Compendium sacrae Liturgiae juxta Ritum romanum, cap. xviii, art. 1, cites Decisions of the Sacred Rites Congregation stating that in non-parochial churches the function on Holy Saturday may be omitted, but not those on Holy Thursday and Good Friday, if there is a sufficient number of clerics to perform the solemn rite. The simple rite (cf. Memoriale Rituum) is only allowed in parish churches (unless a papal licence was obtained for other churches). If the rite of Holy Thursday is not exercised, one cannot celebrate on Good Friday because one may not use a host consecrated on a day other than Good Friday. A parish priest may however celebrate a Low Mass on Holy Thursday only - provided he obtained a licence by the Ordinary which is to be renewed annually.

    The Repertorium rituum by Hartmann says - unfortunately without citation - that a priest may not binate on these days; if he has the care of two parishes, another priest has to perform the rites in the other church (not necessarily the same on all days, but all functions must be performed). If this is impossible he should perform the functions in one church and transfer part of the baptismal water to the other; if the parishes are equal in rank he should celebrate alternating every year in both churches.
  • Andris Amolins
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    Thank you, Protasius, for the references. The connection between Thursday and Friday via the consecrated host makes sense.
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