{"id":66989,"date":"2025-04-09T20:11:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T01:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=66989"},"modified":"2025-04-10T09:51:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T14:51:18","slug":"vigil-of-palm-sunday-at-saint-johns-abbey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/09\/vigil-of-palm-sunday-at-saint-johns-abbey\/","title":{"rendered":"Vigil of Palm Sunday at Saint John&#8217;s Abbey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Cross-and-thorns-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Cross-and-thorns-1.jpg 566w, https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Cross-and-thorns-1-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Vigil of Palm Sunday is this <strong>Saturday, April 12, 7:00pm Central<\/strong>. You are welcome to join Saint John&#8217;s to begin your Holy Week in a special and inspirational way.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vigil prayer service\u00a0features a lovely musical composition of the late Fr. Jerome Coller, OSB. Comprised of\u00a0chant and organ music, the approximately one-half-hour service reflects on the solemn message of the Palm Sunday liturgy.  Livestream is available <a href=\"https:\/\/saintjohnsabbey.org\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the vigil, all are invited to join the monks for a light reception in the Great Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>No RSVP is required<\/strong>.\u00a0As you arrive in advance of the 7:00 p.m. service, ushers will be inside the abbey church to provide seating directions.\u00a0<strong>We hope you can join us this Saturday evening, April 12, for the lovely liturgy and the opportunity to start your Holy Week with friends.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Palm Sunday Mass takes place on <strong>Sunday, April 13, <\/strong>at 10:30am Central.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saintjohnsabbey.org\/live\">Saint John&#8217;s Abbey Livestream<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDITOR &#8212; Join the monks at Saint John&#8217;s Abbey for a Vigil for Palm Sunday in person or livestreamed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":66994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,91],"tags":[176,3959,287,4002],"class_list":["post-66989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liturgical-spirituality","category-liturgical-year","tag-holy-week","tag-order-of-saint-benedict","tag-saint-johns-abbey","tag-vigil-of-palm-sunday"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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