I share with you three of these Altars from last year, as thousands of people are used to visit these chapels and churches to pray the traditional 7 visits to 7 churches, a custom started by St Philip Neri in Rome, when he visited the 7 basilicas of Rome with his oratory students. Then there is the foot-washing ceremony held at each Mass, a re-enactment of which I held also for our children in my former parishes, as seen in the last photo in today’s post. Let us pray that the lack of our traditional celebrations will bring a strong yearning in people’s minds and hearts to return back to their churches with more fervor, as soon as our lives return to normal, hopefully soon.
The foot-washing ceremony for children at St. Francis, Bend, OR. |
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