Up early this cold & gloomy Sunday morning.... not much on the AGENDA... David has a local tour to lead... friends way too busy with their own things... heading to my local church in a little bit, for the Palm Sunday mass... am sure it'll be CROWDED as most all Annual Palm Sunday services are... still, am looking forward to it as the service is beautiful and the songs lovely... one of the things I always look forward to when going to mass is the music... for some reason, I tend to get all emotional when I hear church choir sing...
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Palm Sunday March 28, 2010
As Jesus made his entry into Jerusalem, the crowds lined his path with palm fronds. In churches, observances include the blessing and distribution of Palm leaves to their congregants. Also the beginning of Holy Week, the countdown to Christ's crucifixion and his resurrection on Easter Sunday.
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Palm Sunday March 28, 2010
As Jesus made his entry into Jerusalem, the crowds lined his path with palm fronds. In churches, observances include the blessing and distribution of Palm leaves to their congregants. Also the beginning of Holy Week, the countdown to Christ's crucifixion and his resurrection on Easter Sunday.
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A Great and Blessed Sunday to you all...
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Lovely church inside. Lots of light. Thanks for sharing.
it is not very ornate, like most chrurches I ahve been to, but it is a very nice church....
Half of the churches I attended during my youth were dark, gothic, and ornate. Lovely stained glass windows in reds, blues, and greens with black trim. Rich, dark brown stained wood pews. Scarlet or tomato red carpets and front door representing the blood of Christ. Heavy churches.
What I like about the church you show is the light blue and white walls, the yellow-gold curtains in front, and the clear light streaming in from the windows. Like the church was thrust up in the sky, closer to Heaven. Worship in light.
The simpler churches that I recall used to have heavy crimson curtains throughout that seemed to echo the solemnity and gravity of the more ornate churches. Winter colors, cloak-like warmth inside. Worship in closet, moving in and away from the world.
Then again, I have not been to church for many years so perhaps the newer churches here in Philly are also more expansive and airy. Hmmm ...
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