The Gospel for this Sunday (22 April 2012), Luke 24:36-48, is a continuation of the Easter story; however, the disciples were “startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost” and doubts arose in their hearts. In his conversation with them, Jesus “opens their minds.” The “alleluias” have returned to worship, but during …
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Apr
06
2012
“Good” Friday Revisited
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPRwTTK0dBc
Tonight we enter the “shadows” of Holy Week through a service of Tenebrae. (“Tenebrae” comes from the Latin for “shadows” or “darkness.”) During a series of readings, hymns and choral anthems, twelve candles will gradually be extinguished and the Christ candle removed to a sepulcher. It is our most solemn service of the year; after …
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Apr
05
2012
Looking Back on Lent
Tonight we enter the Paschal Triduum: the three service days of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter. They are worship services of awe and mystery; they move from table, to tomb, to frail whispered “alleluias” from women, and finally to the great acclamation: ”Alleluia! Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Alleluia!” These services bid …
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