Friday, March 21, 2008

The Chill of Good Friday

The Altar is stripped, the sanctuary is bare and the Eucharistic Lord's absence is evident by the open tabernacle doors. The intense sacrifice made by Jesus on the Cross is felt keenly in a Church sans Jesus in the tabernacle. The quietness of the sacred space echoes faint, "hosannas", and loud shouts of, "crucify him."...

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