As most of you are aware, the Easter Vigil is by far the most complicated Mass that the Church celebrates. It is full of intricate ceremonies which are only celebrated once a year and each of these in turn have some variations depending on the particular year's circumstances such as if there are baptisms that particular year to take place. As such, the ceremony is rife with things that can go wrong. That we make it through relatively unscathed is a miracle in and of itself.
To help celebrate surviving this wonderful celebration we have the Easter Vigil Best Goofs Award. This year's nominees are:
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ha ha, thanks for the morning giggle!
let's depart from the spiritual for a moment . . . . and think of this . . . . Hillary Clinton wants to be president of the US . . . thrre are a million persons who I would want to be president other than Clinton. She is an aggresive ambitious person with an exaggerated ego . . . . forget Clinton
Probably this blog doesn't have tax exempt status, but the Church can't back or not back a candidate. There are about a million blogs out there where you could make this comment.
What we need is a politician who isn't aggressive and ambitious without an ego?
Good luck with that.
Father, these things do not only happen to our good priests. My husband's youngest sister, who was then a college student, was dutifully attending Easter Vigil with her parents and us at their home parish, St. Joseph in Tiffin. Jane had beautiful long hair, and the church was standing room only. As the Light of Christ was passed throughout the church, we smelled hair burning. Jane's lovely hair had caught fire. It has been more than 25 years ago, but none of us have ever let her forget it!
At Easter Vigil 2006, at last minute, one of the lectors asked me to read the intercessions so that she could serve as an usher. My mind went on "brain lock": I wondered why in the world the pastor was standing in the center aisle, giving such a PROLONGED introduction to the intercessions; then finally, I realized, this was the time to get up there and read them! Uh oh! ...He later thanked me for "coming to the rescue" when no one was at the lectern. I sheepishly admitted that I was the dufus who was supposed to be at the lectern...
Easter Vigil 2008, serving behind the scenes as the "lights person", in the dark, I fell down one flight of stairs, breaking a bone in my right foot, but still managed to turn back on all the lights and later serve as Extraordinary Minister, too. Ha!
Fr. Joe always would say, "Liturgy is messy." Yes, indeed.
Phew, glad to hear we're not the only ones things happen to. The good news is that most people don't notice. Of course setting fire to someone will be noticed. My father set fire to my hair one year - that was after telling us kids that we need to be careful. I was fine, it took him a long time to recover.
Cathy, you should get an award for serving after all that. Well done!
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