Palm Sunday in 1955 is on Sunday, April 3 (first Sunday of April). Check also the date of Palm Sunday in 2026 and in the following years. As noted in a previous article in this series, the 1955 reform makes the blessing of the Palms and procession into a completely different ceremony from the day's Mass, isolating it from the rest of Holy Week.
This is done by the use of a different liturgical color, red, which is used nowhere else in the week, and by the removal of all but one glancing reference to the Passion [12], with. Liturgical resource for the Pre-1955 Holy Week including Mass Propers w/ commentary, Cantus Passionis and articles on the reform of Holy Week. Traditional Holy.
The complete Prayers at the Foot of the Altar are omitted in the 1962 Palm Sunday, whereas the 1950 version only omits Psalm 42 ("Júdica me"). In the 1962 version, the people do not hold palm branches during the Passion. Large sections of the Passion were eliminated under Pope Pius XII.
VESTMENTS OF PALM SUNDAY AFTER THE 1955 HOLY WEEK CHANGES: After the changes to Holy Week that took place in 1955, aside from the various other ceremonial changes that took place, so did the particular vestments and some of their colours. For the blessing and procession of the palms, the vestments now shifted in their colour from purple to red. The Preface of the pre-1955 Blessing of Palms shows the relevance of this teaching to our age by revealing the theological foundation of the duty of temporal governments to be subservient to Christ the King.
It was this teaching that the 1955 reformers excised from the liturgy of Palm Sunday, as they also did from the Good Friday liturgy with the abolition of the hymn, Vexilla Regis. Where the. The Mass of Palm Sunday is an excellent demonstration of this point.
In 2018 the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei granted an ad experimentum indult to a number of traditional religious orders and societies to celebrate Holy Week according to the pre. This new site is a comprehensive introductory resource for those interested in the celebration of the pre-1955 Holy Week liturgies. The website features free downloadable booklets, in the vernacular and Latin, with the complete ceremonies for Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil.
These include running commentaries and historical notes throughout by Blessed Adolph. Compendium of the 1955 Holy Week Revisions of Pius XII Part 1: The Palm Sunday Blessing and Procession of Palms by Gregory DiPippo (Pre-1955 Palm Sunday Procession, Westminster Cathedral, London, 1919) PREFACE In the year 1955, the rituals of Holy Week were substantially altered under the auspices of Pope Pius XII. Holy Week: Palm Sunday: Old vs.
1955 Rite INTRODUCTORY NOTE: The modifications in the Holy Week rites introduced in 1955 were part of a series of incremental liturgical changes beginning in 1951 that eventually led to the promulgation of the Novus Ordo Missae in 1969.