I went to Tenebrae yesterday but it was at 6:30 AM. Kind of backwards because it was still pretty dark when I got there but by the time it was over at 9 it kept getting lighter and lighter when it was supposed to be getting darker. Still beautiful.
I am not a Catholic but an Anglican (aware this is actually reformed Catholic). My church performed Tenebrae on Maundy Thursday and last night. The altar was completely stripped on Thursday night, the sanctuary empty, the remaining host placed in a garden of Gethsemene. The Easter vigil starts at 7 tonight and includes light and fire. The rector holds to the tradition that Easter day starts at sunset - not sure if this is a convenient idea that lets her off a midnight service. Not being a Catholic allows me to say firmly that those who bake the bread are worthy to serve it. That is, I am in favour of women priests - many early Christian churches were clearly led by women, such as Chloe of Corinth.
Good points here. I was fortunate enough to experience tenebrae and holy week in a benedictine community which still uses Latin and preserved much of the old rites, albeit in the novus ordo and Inlovrd it. But there were undoubtedly things missing, as I now recognise. My first Palm Sunday in the pre-1955 rite blew me away - over 3 hours long and so immersive. Yesterday, a 2 hour liturgy, in half-light, the main light coming from the many candles around the altar of repose in the nave. And we can experience the desolation of the crucifixion. As I left I noticed a man sitting at the back, definitely a visitor, with a stupified look on his face. When you experience the ancient liturgy, it turns your world upside down.
I went to Tenebrae yesterday but it was at 6:30 AM. Kind of backwards because it was still pretty dark when I got there but by the time it was over at 9 it kept getting lighter and lighter when it was supposed to be getting darker. Still beautiful.
I went to Tenebrae at 7:30 last night. It’s a wonderful service but would not be the same in the morning.
In a word “we was robbed “. How for decades we’ve been punished with terrible popes…and to this day the damage continues.
I am not a Catholic but an Anglican (aware this is actually reformed Catholic). My church performed Tenebrae on Maundy Thursday and last night. The altar was completely stripped on Thursday night, the sanctuary empty, the remaining host placed in a garden of Gethsemene. The Easter vigil starts at 7 tonight and includes light and fire. The rector holds to the tradition that Easter day starts at sunset - not sure if this is a convenient idea that lets her off a midnight service. Not being a Catholic allows me to say firmly that those who bake the bread are worthy to serve it. That is, I am in favour of women priests - many early Christian churches were clearly led by women, such as Chloe of Corinth.
Dress it up however you like…you’re still a heretic whose religion was founded on the balls of a king. So don’t bother us with your nonsense.
Good points here. I was fortunate enough to experience tenebrae and holy week in a benedictine community which still uses Latin and preserved much of the old rites, albeit in the novus ordo and Inlovrd it. But there were undoubtedly things missing, as I now recognise. My first Palm Sunday in the pre-1955 rite blew me away - over 3 hours long and so immersive. Yesterday, a 2 hour liturgy, in half-light, the main light coming from the many candles around the altar of repose in the nave. And we can experience the desolation of the crucifixion. As I left I noticed a man sitting at the back, definitely a visitor, with a stupified look on his face. When you experience the ancient liturgy, it turns your world upside down.