tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post9217482042904107956..comments2024-03-28T20:30:10.681-04:00Comments on southern orders: THE EASTER TRIDUUM IN PICTURES, ALLELUIAFr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-84866879020484504372010-04-09T11:46:19.138-04:002010-04-09T11:46:19.138-04:00Oh, I forgot to mention some good news from Good F...Oh, I forgot to mention some good news from Good Friday. My son brought along three friends to the Stations of the Cross, 2 Methodists and a Baptist!! Two of the three joined us for the procession and full participation, although afterward both confessed to being lost on the Hail Mary at Station #12, LOL!!<br /><br />Ecumenism!!Templarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18204866760862707908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-25376739842496456402010-04-09T11:16:45.947-04:002010-04-09T11:16:45.947-04:00To Templar, I had forgotten that Fr. Justin did th...To Templar, I had forgotten that Fr. Justin did that on Good Friday, although from where I was sitting I saw him face on, so I didn't think to place that on the blog, which I have now corrected. And no, no one said anything to me about it, positive or negative, but many have had plenty to say about how beautiful all of our Easter Triduum Liturgies were. We had people at the Easter Sunday EF Mass there for the first time, some not realizing it would be that way. They came up to me and said how wonderful it was and so reverent and that they'll need a missal to follow, these were people who had never experienced this Mass even as a child. Fr. McDonaldFr. Allan J. McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-46316125402412335622010-04-09T10:21:36.004-04:002010-04-09T10:21:36.004-04:00To Anonymous: All photos were taken at St Joseph ...To Anonymous: All photos were taken at St Joseph Catholic Church, Poplar Street in downtown Macon. The most beautiful Church in the Diocese of Savannah in my humble opinion, (MHT in Augusta is a close second).<br /><br />The Easter Triduum was beautiful, wholly sacred, and profoundly moving. The treat of the EF Mass on Easter Sunday was better than anything I could have asked for. However one image struck me more than anything, and it was on Good Friday. After the unveiling of the Holy Cross, the clergy knelt and venerated it. Following the lead of their clergy many of the laity knelt also during the veneration, and many more at least genuflected before the veneration of the cross. What was so striking about all that was that many of these people would not do this for Communion, which actually is Jesus Christ, and not merely a symbolic representation of him. <br /><br />This odd juxtaposition, kneeling and genuflecting for a symbol, while merely giving a bow, or sometimes a slight head nod, for the real thing, hit me like a ton of bricks. I felt ashamed for having received Communion standing for so long and felt compelled to receive kneeling that day. Despite the discomfort of doing so, and despite the awkwardness caused by that discomfort, I'm not sure I will be able to receive standing again. All I'll ever be able to think about now is all those people kneeling to venerate the cross, and then standing to receive Communion.<br /><br />And one other thought, a heartfelt thank you to Father Ferguson, no doubt with your permission Father so thanks to you even more so, for the Good Friday Prayers Sung Ad Orientem. I would be curious if you received even one note of complaint. It was beautiful to be "led" in those Prayers to God, instead of having them sung at me.Templarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18204866760862707908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-45771258933531016422010-04-08T23:01:50.915-04:002010-04-08T23:01:50.915-04:00How incomparably lovely! Wish I lived closer...!!...How incomparably lovely! Wish I lived closer...!!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400691261382506978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-7087923751657754512010-04-08T16:51:22.300-04:002010-04-08T16:51:22.300-04:00Where were these photos taken?Where were these photos taken?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-51374230719955190972010-04-08T13:11:01.430-04:002010-04-08T13:11:01.430-04:00Father,
I think you have this whole reverance thi...Father,<br /><br />I think you have this whole reverance thing down. I may have missed the pictures, but when can I expect to see you in a fiddleback?Jody Petermannoreply@blogger.com