Comments on: Exultet! http://grahamtx.net/greg/2008/03/23/exultet/ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:57:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: greg http://grahamtx.net/greg/2008/03/23/exultet/#comment-64 greg Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:55:16 +0000 http://grahamtx.net/greg/2008/03/23/exultet/#comment-64 I'm sure it was a beautiful service, Lizzy. I went to the Easter Vigil at the Cistercian Abbey this year, and they did the Exultet in Latin. Services are always nice and reverent at the Abbey, but there were two downsides to going to the Easter Vigil there. The first is that because they are not a parish, there were no baptisms. At our home parish, they had almost 100 people come into the Church this year at Easter! The second "downside" for me is that the Cistercians start their vigil at 11:00pm, and are not finished until 1:00am. Although it was nice to actually have the Eucharist after midnight on Easter morning, I'm not used to those kind of hours! (Note: I'm posting this from a computer running a new installation of Linux, on which I have not trained the spell checker. It marked "Cistercian" as a misspelling, and the suggested spellings included "Cistern", "Cannister", "Ministerial", and "Obstetrician". I’m sure it was a beautiful service, Lizzy. I went to the Easter Vigil at the Cistercian Abbey this year, and they did the Exultet in Latin. Services are always nice and reverent at the Abbey, but there were two downsides to going to the Easter Vigil there. The first is that because they are not a parish, there were no baptisms. At our home parish, they had almost 100 people come into the Church this year at Easter! The second “downside” for me is that the Cistercians start their vigil at 11:00pm, and are not finished until 1:00am. Although it was nice to actually have the Eucharist after midnight on Easter morning, I’m not used to those kind of hours!

(Note: I’m posting this from a computer running a new installation of Linux, on which I have not trained the spell checker. It marked “Cistercian” as a misspelling, and the suggested spellings included “Cistern”, “Cannister”, “Ministerial”, and “Obstetrician”.

]]> By: St. Elizabeth of Cayce http://grahamtx.net/greg/2008/03/23/exultet/#comment-63 St. Elizabeth of Cayce Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:15:06 +0000 http://grahamtx.net/greg/2008/03/23/exultet/#comment-63 I was privileged to sing the Exultet at this year's Easter Vigil. I spent weeks learning the notes and timing well enough to sing it in a darkened room with only a tiny flashlight. Turns out that there were candles a plenty still lit during the proclamation, but I'm glad I had done the work of rehearsal. I was told later that I managed to keep up the energy -- I just know that it should be heard as rejoicing. (If you put the people to sleep at 8:30, they'll never wake up for the baptisms, etc.) Happy Easter to you and your beloved! I was privileged to sing the Exultet at this year’s Easter Vigil. I spent weeks learning the notes and timing well enough to sing it in a darkened room with only a tiny flashlight. Turns out that there were candles a plenty still lit during the proclamation, but I’m glad I had done the work of rehearsal. I was told later that I managed to keep up the energy — I just know that it should be heard as rejoicing. (If you put the people to sleep at 8:30, they’ll never wake up for the baptisms, etc.)
Happy Easter to you and your beloved!

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