Why Veil the Cross During Passiontide?
NEW THEOLOGICAL MOVEMENT (BLOG)
APRIL 12, 2011
WORLDWIDE - It has been the custom of the Roman Church, at least in modern times (we mean from the 17th Century forward), to veil the crosses and the images of the saints from the 5th Sunday of Lent until Easter. This has been, and ought to continue to be, one of the defining characteristics of the season of Passiontide – a season which, after the postconciliar liturgical reforms lost in name, need not be lost in spirit. [link]
APRIL 12, 2011
WORLDWIDE - It has been the custom of the Roman Church, at least in modern times (we mean from the 17th Century forward), to veil the crosses and the images of the saints from the 5th Sunday of Lent until Easter. This has been, and ought to continue to be, one of the defining characteristics of the season of Passiontide – a season which, after the postconciliar liturgical reforms lost in name, need not be lost in spirit. [link]
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