Hymnody only for the next week or so. If you want to read about what we do, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Week#Great_and_Holy_FridayRead more... )

As usual for a Good Friday, today was beautiful. I woke up a little later than I had wanted, around 9:30 or so, and prayed the Office of the Readings. The Psalms were such great Passion Psalms, Psalms 2, 22, and 38. The Scripture reading was from Hebrews 9:11-28, talking about the new covenant established in His blood. And the Patristic reading ( Read more... )

Today is Good Friday. It comes only once a year, though it's core reasoning is that to be known throughout each and every day. The love of Jesus Christ. Because of his passion, he was obedient to the point of his own death. We might wish that some miraculous event could have prevented this sullen occurrence. Though, if you think about it, this ( Read more... )