tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047562015128313065.post6651579672467070645..comments2022-03-02T07:17:43.492+00:00Comments on Ex Fide: The Vigil of Pentecostex_fidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11966214834164246079noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6047562015128313065.post-40781273704827087052011-06-04T21:24:19.780+01:002011-06-04T21:24:19.780+01:00What splendid news!
I believe that there has not ...What splendid news!<br /><br />I believe that there has not been a solemn celebration of the Vigil of Pentecost (with deacon and subdeacon) in this Realm for fifty-five years. (It is just possible that one had been arranged by the Latin Mass Society in its very early years, in the late 1960s, but I am unaware of one).<br /><br />Fr. Peter Morgan re-introduced the celebration of the Pentecost Vigil in the 1970s at Highclere Village Hall but that was celebrated as a Missa Cantata. His successor continued that praxis and although the SSPX used folded chasubles for Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday for several Holy Weeks they were not used for the Pentecost Vigil, these being served as sung Masses only. <br /><br />Such a superb and important celebration, its suppression was indeed quite shameful. Back in the 1990s I saw my first Pentecost Vigil when the late, recently departed, Arthur Crumly organised one under the auspices of the Latin Mass Society at Corpus Christi, Maiden Lane. Arthur had tried to get a deacon and subdeacon for the event (having himself re-introduced folded chasubles) but was unsuccessful. However, the Missa Cantata Vigil was very moving indeed. I recall helping the celebrant, a now octogenarian priest, unvest after the Mass: he was shaking and there were tears flowing from his eyes. I asked him what was wrong and he replied: "It has brought it all back to me. What we do for Holy Week [1962] is not the real Holy Week at all - Holy Saturday was like this only it had twelve prophecies." So one can see exactly why the Pacelli-Bugnini Commission suppressed the Pentecost Vigil from 1952 where the new, experimental, 'Easter Vigil' was celebrated and, universally, from 1956 as it would have reminded people of the authentic form. <br /><br />Well done St. Magnus! Hopefully, liturgically-minded folk will flock to the celebrationRubricariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050302650867319277noreply@blogger.com