Easter morning arrived with a blue sky, calm sea;
the sun shining brightly in the sky
gave the day's light to the island Crucifix;
Last night's taper that lit the Paschal candle,
with a Latin prayer from the priest,
seemed now to have spread its flame to the whole world:
Lumen Christi gloriose resurgentis
Dissipet tenebras cordis et mentis.
[May the Light of Christ rising in glory
Scatter the darkness of heart and mind.]
Sunshine and quiet stillness:
Earth, flowers and sky express an Easter Alleluia!
The stand for the Stronsay Paschal Candle
is borne to the waiting boat.
Yes, shorter than normal by far....
....another peep into remote island life....
The two Paschal candles that arrived by post,
one for Papa Stronsay the other for Stronsay,
arrived as four even though marked Fragile.
It was too late to do anything other than
revamp last year's candles.
Glorious and Risen
In Alleluias and Jubilations
Their voices carried mortal men
-and perhaps even angels- ...
all who would
were raised aloft as on Eagles' wings.
Incensed as the Temples of the Living God,
Members of the Mystical Body of Christ...
They stand, dressed in white, all aflame
representing the Angels of the Resurrection:
"Now as she was weeping,
she stooped down and looked into the sepulchre;
and she saw two angels in white...
they said to her,
Woman, why weepest thou?..."
(John 20)
"...You seek Jesus of Nazareth,
who was crucified:
He is risen,
He is not here;
behold the place where they laid Him:
but go tell his disciples, and Peter...." (Mark 16)
Incensing of the Crucifix and the Altar
Incensing of the Members of the
Mystical Body of Christ
When words, chant, incense,
Incensing of the Members of the
Mystical Body of Christ
When words, chant, incense,
flowers, flames and alleluias
all run their course and fall short;
when there is still more needed,
all run their course and fall short;
when there is still more needed,
to express what we know,
cannot in time or eternity
be expressed by us;
when the mystery is utterly ineffable;
mortal man goes on,
when the mystery is utterly ineffable;
mortal man goes on,
trying at the impossible,
by ringing out
by ringing out
with the bells of angels' voices:
"...Scimus Christum surrexisse
a mortuis vere:
Tu nobis Victor Rex,
Miserere. Amen. Alleluia.
...We know that Christ indeed has risen from the grave;
Hail Thou King of Victory,
Have mercy Lord, and save. Amen. Alleluia! "
"...Scimus Christum surrexisse
a mortuis vere:
Tu nobis Victor Rex,
Miserere. Amen. Alleluia.
...We know that Christ indeed has risen from the grave;
Hail Thou King of Victory,
Have mercy Lord, and save. Amen. Alleluia! "
2 comments:
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and these beautiful pictures with us. May our God richly bless each and every one of these holy, dedicated men.
Thank you Father, for the superb coverage of Holy Week,in prayer and pictures. May Our Blessed Lady guard and guide all in your Community.
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