Holy Week
Tonight is part of Holy Week. So tonight at Mass the choir sang and except for missing our entrance in the switch over from English to Latin for the Pange Lingua it didn't go too badly.
So tonight we have the feast of the Lord's Supper. Tomorrow is Good Friday. Saturday the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday of course to complete the Triduum. And of course the choir is singing at everything. I can't be there for tomorrow's Mass but I sang tonight and will again on both Saturday and Sunday.
This is supposed to be a time of reflection. There's a sort of darkness that falls on Holy Thursday and then hope springs forth on Sunday with the light (of salvation). I've never seen darkness. I see the light of hope and life and joy all the way through. Now I must admit that I've always thought "Good Friday" was a misnomer. I mean really, have you read the Passion in the Gospels? It's heartbreaking stuff and if you've seen Mel Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ it is truly heartbreaking. Yet through all that there is hope, the light and joy.
The holiest week of the year. But in truth Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday don't seem to count. The three days of the Triduum make up the true weight of Holy Week. And yes I know in some ways of looking at it we have four days (Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday) BUT if you count by the Jewish calendar you count three: sundown Thursday to sundown Friday; sundown Friday to sundown Saturday; sundown Saturday to sundown Sunday. That is the Triduum.
It was Easter season, Lent, when I lost Les. To me that was the ultimate "giving something up for Lent" experience and I relive it every year. Singing helps. It's something I can do, can contribute to the church. Something I think called me. After so many times of people in church turning around to comment and compliment my signing I really no longer had a choice. I don't sing outside of church, unless you count the car and around the house. Partly because I don't get half the positive feedback I get in church and partly because I get self-conscious when singing. Funny that, I can speak in front of hundreds of people not a twinge of nerves. Singing? Unless it is in church I get nervous. I guess in my case the voice really is for God.
So tonight we have the feast of the Lord's Supper. Tomorrow is Good Friday. Saturday the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday of course to complete the Triduum. And of course the choir is singing at everything. I can't be there for tomorrow's Mass but I sang tonight and will again on both Saturday and Sunday.
This is supposed to be a time of reflection. There's a sort of darkness that falls on Holy Thursday and then hope springs forth on Sunday with the light (of salvation). I've never seen darkness. I see the light of hope and life and joy all the way through. Now I must admit that I've always thought "Good Friday" was a misnomer. I mean really, have you read the Passion in the Gospels? It's heartbreaking stuff and if you've seen Mel Gibson's film The Passion of the Christ it is truly heartbreaking. Yet through all that there is hope, the light and joy.
The holiest week of the year. But in truth Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday don't seem to count. The three days of the Triduum make up the true weight of Holy Week. And yes I know in some ways of looking at it we have four days (Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday) BUT if you count by the Jewish calendar you count three: sundown Thursday to sundown Friday; sundown Friday to sundown Saturday; sundown Saturday to sundown Sunday. That is the Triduum.
It was Easter season, Lent, when I lost Les. To me that was the ultimate "giving something up for Lent" experience and I relive it every year. Singing helps. It's something I can do, can contribute to the church. Something I think called me. After so many times of people in church turning around to comment and compliment my signing I really no longer had a choice. I don't sing outside of church, unless you count the car and around the house. Partly because I don't get half the positive feedback I get in church and partly because I get self-conscious when singing. Funny that, I can speak in front of hundreds of people not a twinge of nerves. Singing? Unless it is in church I get nervous. I guess in my case the voice really is for God.
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