The Tenebrae hearse of unbleached candles, extinuished on the morning of Good Friday to symbolise the departing from Jesus of his disciples.
The blessing of the new fire on Holy Saturday as we usher in the light of Christ at the Easter Vigil;
A darkened sanctuary awaits the light of the paschal candle, to illuminate the word of God with the light of Christ, and the intonement of the Gloria:
At this point the servers rang the bells as loud as possible! Then the choir continued the Gloria whilst the servers ran around the church unveiling the statues, and the whole place was stunningly illuminated!
The blessing of the Font, after a procession with the paschal candle from the sanctuary to the back of church whilst we sung the litany of the Saints.
A candidate for confirmation is anointed by Fr. Paul Chavasse and received into the Church. She chose the name Mary.It was wonderful to experience the glory of a well orchestrated Paschal Triduum! My thanks to the Oratory Fathers and all who helped make it such a beautiful manifestation of our Faith.
beautiful photos.. must have been a great celebration eh?
ReplyDeleteIt was absolutely spectacular wasn't it? i'm in touch with the lady brought into the Church..she may come to our Continuity Meeting...re the blessing of the font i had my last 4 baptised there by Fr Gregory.
ReplyDeleteHad to explain to our smoker, teenager why she couldn't light her candle with her lighter! sigh...
Thanks for the pictures..i managed to get a few myself..but couldn't get the fire..so was please to see you got it..
Very nice.
ReplyDeleteShame about the concelebration though. The Oratory fathers in England are good for keeping the post concilair equivalents of deacon and sub-deacon, if there are any.
Christ is Risen!
ReplyDeleteforgive my ignorance, but what wonderful Church/where is this?
Pax et Bonum,Emile
e-j: I go to Birmingham Oratory. See my sidebar for a picture and link.
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