Many Catholic churches use bare branches instead of flowers during Lent. In recent years, my church has used small trees instead of branches. This Lent, the church environment committee went one step further.
It’s the first time I can recall seeing the corpus removed from the cross.
I find it very striking. It reminds me of some of the Lenten hymns that speak of Jesus being hung on or nailed to “a tree.”
Some people may find this too unusual a presentation.
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It’s certainly different. Maybe it would impress me more without the bizarre lighting.
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My elder daughter agrees with you about the purple lighting. In prior years, the crucifix has been draped with purple cloth, so I think that is where the purple came in.
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We know what the roman cross looked like but scripture translation does refer to it as a tree. Makes you think more on what he did for us.
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Yes, and the cross we usually have in church resembles the historic one. The tree is just a change for Lent.
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That’s a good photo JC.
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Thanks, OM! I’m trying to learn to use my cameraphone better. I’m a bit slow with technology.
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