Q: Hi Father: Does the Deacon receive a blessing before proclaiming the Palm Sunday Gospel before the procession? Sorry if I missed this rubric.
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A: The deacon proclaims that gospel in the usual way, according to the rubric. I haven’t watched the Vatican’s televised Holy Week in several years, but my notes from past years indicates that even there the deacon receives a blessing before proclaiming the gospel of Palm Sunday before the procession.