On good Friday the Roman Sun rose at 06:23 and it set at 19:57. Little by little our days lengthen which is welcome.
The Ave Maria should sound for the Curia at 2015. However, it DOES RING at The Parish™ at the precise time! I’ve written on that before and I will have a reminder before too long. Perhaps I will be able to catch a recording of it.
Today’s Station is Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, for obvious reasons. Listen to today’s LENTCAzT for more.
As you might understand, I haven’t had much going in the way of food, other than some fine lamb yesterday when I went to Constanza with all the priests of The Parish™ for our Holy Thursday observance. Priests customarily dine together if they can on Holy Thursday for what is the Feast of the Priesthood. Christ instituted the priesthood at the Last Supper by instituting the Eucharist and telling them to repeat and renew what He did, the salvific Meal that concluded on Calvary when He finally consumed the last wine of Passover as He died on the Cross.
Abbacchio a scottadito… little lamb cutlets on the grill… scottadito means “finger burner”.
It was great being out with these good men for a nice meal together before the long liturgical work began. There was the Mandatum with washing of feet and the Mass of the Last Supper
and Tenebrae for Good Friday.
Here what the end of the last Miserere after Lauds sounded like with the “earthquake”.
The Blessed Sacrament reposed.
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a lack of parking, snow, and a biting wind discouraged me from attending the Cathedral. i went with plan b (it’s foolish to not have at least a plan b and probably a few more for such important days on the calendar). i arrived before start of the passion liturgy which went a bit more than ninety minutes with about 60 people all told. nearly half of that time was Gregorian chant with no more than three notes out of place the whole time. the reproaches were incredibly moving. what a blessing!
Yesterday afternoon we attended the Good Friday liturgy which was done according to pre 1955 as was our entire Holy Week. The choir was magnificent singing the Reproaches, the Vexilla Regis and many other parts. The church was packed. In pre 1955 liturgy there is no communion of the faithful, only the priest receives from the presanctified host. The liturgy took about 2 hours.
This magnificent photo of the Altar of Repose was one of 7 featured in the NCR showing 7 sites visited on Holy Thursday.