Friday, April 10, 2009
Tenebrae (shadows)
was held at SJI International today..
Chanted in Latin by the schola cantorum..
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The anticipated Matins & Lauds of the Divine Office for Holy Saturday was sung in this haunting service, which is basically a funeral service for Jesus.. One by one, the candles were extinguished in the chapel, leaving the congregation in total darkness, and in a silence that was punctuated by the strepitus (loud noise) meant to evoke the convulsion of nature at the death of Christ.. Paul, Roman, myself and everyone else left the chapel in silence after that..




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