Readers’ Quiz: On the Paschal Triduum in the Roman Missal
Mar 13, 2020

Readers’ Quiz: On the Paschal Triduum in the Roman Missal

1. The Roman Missal directs that the Mass of the Lord’s Supper is to be celebrated at what time?

 
 
 
 

2. What does the Roman Missal state about the time the Good Friday liturgy should start?

 
 
 
 

3. What does the Roman Missal state about the time the Easter Vigil should start?

 
 
 
 

4. The Roman Missal anticipates newly-baptized adults doing which of the following for the first time at the Easter Vigil?

 
 
 
 
 
 

5. True or False: If pastoral reasons suggest that there be individual veneration of the cross on Good Friday, a second or third cross may be used if the number of people is very large.

 
 

6. The Roman Missal contains seven readings for the Easter Vigil. Still, as the Missal says, where “more serious pastoral circumstances demand it,” their number may be reduced. If the readings are reduced in number, which of the following must be retained?

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

7. Does the Roman Missal prescribe a cross or crucifix for adoration on Good Friday?

 
 

8. True or False: The priest carries the Paschal Candle into the church building at the Easter Vigil.

 
 

9. The Mass of the Lord’s Supper ritualizes Jesus’ mandatum—his command to “love one another as I have loved you” (John 13:34)—by:

 
 
 
 
 

10. True or False: at the Easter Vigil, the lights in the church building are switched on at the Gloria.

 
 

11. Bells may be rung during the Gloria at the Easter Vigil. At what point during the Triduum did they fall silent (that is, when was the last time they were used)?

 
 
 
 

12. Who does the Missal expect to lead the singing of the “Alleluia” prior to the proclamation of the Gospel at the Easter Vigil?

 
 
 
 

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