{"id":55711,"date":"2021-03-24T08:33:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T13:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=55711"},"modified":"2021-04-01T09:50:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T14:50:29","slug":"55711","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/55711\/","title":{"rendered":"<i>Vidi aquam<\/i> in the U.K."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liturgyoffice.org.uk\/Calendar\/Seasons\/Documents\/Paschale-Solemnitatis.pdf\">the U.K. translation of\u00a0<\/a><em>Paschalis Sollemnitatis,<\/em> the Vatican 1998 &#8220;Circular Letter Concerning the Preparation and Celebration of the Easter Feasts,&#8221; emphasis mine:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>97. Mass is to be celebrated on Easter Day with great solemnity. It is appropriate that the penitential rite on this day take the form of a sprinkling with water blessed at the Vigil, during which the antiphon \u2018Vidi aquam\u2019 or some other song of baptismal character should be sung. <strong>The entrance steps to the church should also be filled with the same water.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Golly, the antiphon <em>Vidi aquam<\/em> takes on new meaning with its &#8220;I saw water flowing from the temple&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/55711\/water-on-steps-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-55713\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-55713\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Water-on-steps-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Water-on-steps-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Water-on-steps-1-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Water-on-steps-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Water-on-steps-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Water-on-steps-1-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Water-on-steps-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is from the U.K. translation of\u00a0Paschalis Sollemnitatis, the Vatican 1998 &#8220;Circular Letter Concerning the Preparation and Celebration of the Easter Feasts,&#8221; emphasis mine: 97. Mass is to be celebrated on Easter Day with great solemnity. It is appropriate that the penitential rite on this day take the form of a sprinkling with water blessed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":55713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3116,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-new-ws","category-humor"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vidi aquam in the U.K. - Home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/55711\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vidi aquam in the U.K. - Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is from the U.K. translation of\u00a0Paschalis Sollemnitatis, the Vatican 1998 &#8220;Circular Letter Concerning the Preparation and Celebration of the Easter Feasts,&#8221; emphasis mine: 97. Mass is to be celebrated on Easter Day with great solemnity. It is appropriate that the penitential rite on this day take the form of a sprinkling with water blessed [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/55711\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Home\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-03-24T13:33:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-04-01T14:50:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Water-on-steps-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/24\\\/55711\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/24\\\/55711\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7fbf63ff85d447cf06b0588add3e41d2\"},\"headline\":\"Vidi aquam in the U.K.\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-24T13:33:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-01T14:50:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/24\\\/55711\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":113,\"commentCount\":5,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/24\\\/55711\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Water-on-steps-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"1_NEWS\",\"Humor\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/24\\\/55711\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/24\\\/55711\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/24\\\/55711\\\/\",\"name\":\"Vidi aquam in the U.K. - Home\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/24\\\/55711\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/24\\\/55711\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Water-on-steps-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-03-24T13:33:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-04-01T14:50:29+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/24\\\/55711\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/24\\\/55711\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/24\\\/55711\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Water-on-steps-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Water-on-steps-1.jpg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":1200},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/24\\\/55711\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Vidi aquam in the U.K.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Home\",\"description\":\"Worship, Wit &amp; Wisdom\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Home\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/cropped-BlogHeaderFinal2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/cropped-BlogHeaderFinal2.jpg\",\"width\":1340,\"height\":209,\"caption\":\"Home\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7fbf63ff85d447cf06b0588add3e41d2\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"description\":\"Katharine E. Harmon, Ph.D., edits the blog, Pray Tell: Worship, Wit & Wisdom.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/praytellblog.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/editor\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Vidi aquam in the U.K. - Home","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/55711\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Vidi aquam in the U.K. - Home","og_description":"This is from the U.K. translation of\u00a0Paschalis Sollemnitatis, the Vatican 1998 &#8220;Circular Letter Concerning the Preparation and Celebration of the Easter Feasts,&#8221; emphasis mine: 97. Mass is to be celebrated on Easter Day with great solemnity. It is appropriate that the penitential rite on this day take the form of a sprinkling with water blessed [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/55711\/","og_site_name":"Home","article_published_time":"2021-03-24T13:33:30+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-04-01T14:50:29+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":1200,"url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Water-on-steps-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/55711\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/55711\/"},"author":{"name":"Editor","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7fbf63ff85d447cf06b0588add3e41d2"},"headline":"Vidi aquam in the U.K.","datePublished":"2021-03-24T13:33:30+00:00","dateModified":"2021-04-01T14:50:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/55711\/"},"wordCount":113,"commentCount":5,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/55711\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Water-on-steps-1.jpg","articleSection":["1_NEWS","Humor"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/55711\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/55711\/","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/55711\/","name":"Vidi aquam in the U.K. - Home","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/55711\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/55711\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Water-on-steps-1.jpg","datePublished":"2021-03-24T13:33:30+00:00","dateModified":"2021-04-01T14:50:29+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/55711\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/55711\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/55711\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Water-on-steps-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Water-on-steps-1.jpg","width":1600,"height":1200},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/24\/55711\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Vidi aquam in the U.K."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/","name":"Home","description":"Worship, Wit &amp; Wisdom","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#organization","name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-BlogHeaderFinal2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/cropped-BlogHeaderFinal2.jpg","width":1340,"height":209,"caption":"Home"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7fbf63ff85d447cf06b0588add3e41d2","name":"Editor","description":"Katharine E. Harmon, Ph.D., edits the blog, Pray Tell: Worship, Wit & Wisdom.","url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/author\/editor\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Water-on-steps-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55711"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55727,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55711\/revisions\/55727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}