April 6, 2012

Friday 6~~~Today is Good Friday, Kent dropped me off at the church about 11:45 PM, last year on this day I packed a lunch and I spent the day at the church and it was a wonderful day. I decided to do the same thing again this year, so I packed my lunch and I took some of my books about the Saints and things pertaining to Holy Week to read. Last year someone led the rosary every hour, before the stations of the cross and the day was very enjoyable. This year I found the door to the church was locked and the stations of the cross were being held in the school. I was feeling disappointed until I found out what they were doing. The school kids acted out the stations of the cross and the young man who played the part of Jesus did an incredible job of carrying the cross, falling and dying. All the students were dressed in costumes of the period, some were Jesus followers and many were the soldiers. The congregation followed the students to all the stations they had set up on the soccer field and other areas of the school yard. The 6Th station, where Veronica wiped the face of Jesus, they had a cloth with his face on it that she held up. As we were approaching the 10Th station, I could see there were two crosses with bodies hanging on them, I thought "how cool" they have a couple of stuffed bodies hanging there, it looked so real. After they stripped Jesus of his clothes, they nailed him to the cross by having him hold on to handles and the pounding of nails made it seem so real, I then noticed that the two thieves hanging on the crosses were students, what a great job they did. Of course there was no tomb to put Jesus in, so they had a gray dome tent they carried him to for the final ending. It was a very warm day, the prayers and singing we did all the way around was enjoyed by all. Everyone left and I found myself a bench in the sun where I ate my lunch, while reading my literature and reflecting. At 4 o'clock the church was opened up for the Liturgy, communion and veneration of the cross. When this was over, it was getting close to dinner time, I called Kent to come and pick me up, we ate dinner out.