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| Derekap | Tuesday, 3. April 2007, 14:42 |
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In my former parish a lay reader read the narrative, the celebrant spoke the parts attributed to Jesus Christ, another lay reader spoke the parts of other speakers (St Peter, Pilate etc) and the congregation performed the part of the crowd. Before that the congregation spoke the parts of other speakers and the crowd. On one occasion the curate (you now know how long ago it was) decided to have a man for the male other speakers and a woman for the female other speakers - she didn't have much to say. Unfortunately the congregation, not having been forewarned, decided to answer for both other speakers. I could feel the curate seething with annoyance behind me. On the Sunday morning he referred to the ceremonies and said something in passing about despite what happened during the reading of the Passion. I couldn't help shaking with quiet laughter and he squeezed my arm when he passed down the aisle at the end (I was the male other speaker). I have been the narrator a number of times, the first time without warning. I felt rather tense because I realised how important such a key role it is. In my present parish the Deacon is the narrator, the priest Jesus Christ, a lay reader the other speaker and the congregation the crowd. I can't think of any alternative. It is certainly better than one person just reading it all the way through. I can't remember what happened in Tridentine Days, probably it was read in Latin and then English at one Holy Mass and the permitted abbreviated version at the others. |
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