Pope Francis designated the aging Cardinal Angelo Comastri to be the main celebrant of the outdoor Easter Sunday Mass.
He wore a beautiful bejeweled gold vestment. The deacons wore very nice gold dalmatics almost as ornate as the Eastern Rite deacons who read the gospel. At Easter Sunday’s papal Masses, the Gospel is read in Latin and in Greek. The Latin Rite deacon actually chanted the Gospel in Latin, not Italian, thanks be to God!
Cardinal Comastri also chanted his parts of the Mass. Pope Francis never chants any of his parts of the Mass.
This morning’s Easter Sunday Mass brought us forward to the way Pope Benedict XVI celebrated papal Masses. Thanks be to God!
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CNA states that all Francis said at the urbi et orbi was, "Brothers and sisters, happy Easter," the rest being read by someone else.
I was there! Francis said the final words of the urbi et orbi blessing too. We headed out to lunch before he came out on the popemobile, so missed that.
Pope Francis' substitutes have done an excellent job over the last few days, especially Cardinal Comastri.
My understanding is that Pope Francis had some injury long ago which makes it difficult for him to chant portions of the Mass. That is unfortunate for him
The only "injury" of which I have heard is him having a lobe of a lung removed as a young man due to a lung infection. If that is all there is to it, then if he has the wind for speechifyin', he has the wind for chant, ditto even for vocal cord damage.
I have known too many priest with bad pulmonary emphysema who chanted and speechified, for me to give Francis a pass on chanting due to an old surgical removal of only part of one lung. If there is something else known, I'd like to hear it. Utterly tone deaf is a better excuse than a missing lobe.
May God grant eternal salvation to Pope Francis. May the Blessed Virgin Mary, Dear Saint Joseph, as well as all the Angels and Saints, pray for Pope Francis' eternal rest and peace.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
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