14 Apr

2019

Palm Sunday At St.Mary’s, Norwalk Part II

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Coverage of Palm Sunday at St. Mary’s Norwalk continued from Part I

After circling the church, the Palm Sunday procession returns to the church door
Above and below: Cantors from within the church sing the hymn to Christ the King (“Gloria, laus et honor”). After each verse, the faithful outside respond with a refrain, and the cantors become progressively louder.
After the final repetition of the refrain, the subdeacon bangs three times on the doors with the foot of the cross. The doors of the church open are flung open and all enter.
The entry into the church.
The beginning of the Mass of the Passion: the prayers at the foot of the altar.
The passion according to St. Matthew. The Gospel is sung by three cantors: the Christus, who sings the words of our Lord, the Chronista, who acts as the narrator, and the Synagoga who sings the words of the individuals.

For the Gospel, the choir in the choir loft provides the polyphonic responses of the crowd, the Turba.
The deacon goes in procession with the subdeacon to conclude the Passion
Above and below: the Roman canon
Published in Photos, St. Mary's Holy Week 2019