Comments on: Holy Week: Palm Sunday http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/01/holy-week-palm-sunday/ A Mormon Blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:38:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Times & Seasons » Fallen http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/01/holy-week-palm-sunday/#comment-74735 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 21:00:58 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/holy-week-palm-sunday/#comment-74735 [...] real problem with Holy Week celebrations, Kristine, isn’t Nate’s theory about high versus low church and liturgy and ritual. The real [...]

]]> By: jose http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/01/holy-week-palm-sunday/#comment-74734 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:35:19 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/holy-week-palm-sunday/#comment-74734 Kevin, your bishop should just “call” a dozen people or so to the choir. That is how Mormons do it–no need to pay them.

]]> By: Kevin Barney http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/01/holy-week-palm-sunday/#comment-74733 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:23:21 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/holy-week-palm-sunday/#comment-74733 You get paid to sing? Wow! That just shows you how Mormon I am; that never would have occurred to me. Yeah, if we adopted it, we might actually be able to field a choir. Our ward tries every couple of years or so, and then it limps along for awhile, and then it disbands for lack of interest. There is usually me and one other man who are the only reliable male singers; the women do better, but not much.

What would really juice our choir participation would be if they would let us practice during SS; then we’d have our own little MoTab going.

]]> By: woodboy http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/01/holy-week-palm-sunday/#comment-74732 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:43:49 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/holy-week-palm-sunday/#comment-74732 yes, but how did you start singing with this particular Episcopal choir I wonder? I’m sure that is an interesting story… Tenebrae was traditionally done at 3 am wednesday night/thursday morning, and interestingly is the service where Allegri’s famous Miserere mei Deus (Psalm 51) was performed in the Sistine Chapel once a year.

]]> By: Kristine http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/01/holy-week-palm-sunday/#comment-74731 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:31:45 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/holy-week-palm-sunday/#comment-74731 Kevin, the backstory isn’t terribly noble–I started singing with other churches’ choirs in college when I discovered they paid their singers. It’s a good practice, one which I wish our church would adopt :)

]]> By: Kevin Barney http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/01/holy-week-palm-sunday/#comment-74730 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:16:52 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/holy-week-palm-sunday/#comment-74730 Oh, I forgot to ask, Krisitine, how did it come about that you started singing with an Episcopalian choir? I’m sure there’s an interesting backstory to that.

]]> By: Kevin Barney http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/01/holy-week-palm-sunday/#comment-74729 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:15:48 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/holy-week-palm-sunday/#comment-74729 Kristine, I just love that you sing with the Episcopal choir (which I knew). That is quite a time commitment this week in particular, I’m sure, but well worth it.

]]> By: Taryn Nelson-Seawright http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/01/holy-week-palm-sunday/#comment-74728 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:58:23 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/holy-week-palm-sunday/#comment-74728 Kristine said:

I love that last image–the Father waiting for the Son to come home. It reminds me, somehow, of how I felt at the end of pregnancy, dreading the pain between, but longing for that moment of welcome…

I read once – maybe here on BCC – that if you think about it, the circle of blood which Christ’s thorn crown left on his head is a clear visual symbol that His death is His rebirth. Apparently, when a baby is born, the process leaves such a circle of blood on its head?

Anyway, thank you for this post, Kristine.

]]> By: Kristine http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/01/holy-week-palm-sunday/#comment-74727 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:55:31 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/holy-week-palm-sunday/#comment-74727 Melissa, I sing in the choir at an Episcopal church, and we do Tenebrae Wednesday, then a Maundy Thursday service that has ritual washing of feet, then Good Friday, then Easter Vigil Saturday night. It would be interesting to do a comparison of Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican rites, and also which Protestant churches have picked up which bits of the tradition…

]]> By: Melissa De Leon Mason http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/01/holy-week-palm-sunday/#comment-74726 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:21:42 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/04/holy-week-palm-sunday/#comment-74726 Great idea Kristine, a lovely way to celebrate this Holy Week, I’ll look forward to reading the hymn and poem each day. I do love the ritual leading up to Easter Sunday, solemn and celebratory at the same time. After years of following the stations of the cross during Semana Santa, it’s hard to break completely with the mentality of this whole week as a special one.

There’s a wonderful service at many Christian churches this Thursday that anyone interested might check out. Tenebrae is a mass where all the ornamentation in the church is removed or covered and the service is held by the light of a few candles, each extinguished as the service goes on. The service ends in complete darkness, sometimes with congregants pounding on pews or benches to simulate a great noise. It’s a simple and special way to contemplate Christ’s death and without communion or ornamentation, it avoids clashing with Mormon sensibilities.

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