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Thread #58941   Message #937559
Posted By: GUEST,leeneia
22-Apr-03 - 12:42 AM
Thread Name: Good Friday music & memories
Subject: RE: GOOD FRIDAY Music & memories
I did so much music in the past week that it's become a blur. National Catholic week - we had church Thursday, Friday, Saturday night, and Sunday morning. Everything from Mozart to "Just a Closer Walk with Thee." We have an excellent choir, and people packed the church. On Easter Sunday, they had to put up folding chairs for the visitors.

Saturday night, the Easter vigil, is the blockbuster. We started in darkness, and people passed a flame from candle to candle. Long streamers of white fabric had been draped from the vault to the pillars. (This involves two people wearing safety harnesses going up into the attic, the area between the vault and the roof.) Two adults were baptized in the pool, and six people joined. I forget what else we did - as I say, it's a blur. About two hours into the service, a guest turned to a friend of mine and said, "Do you do this every week?"

It still makes me chuckle.