On Good Friday, it is tradition to strip the altar before leaving.
We exit the church in silence, solemnly remembering the sacrificial death of Our Lord; when we arrive at church on Easter morning, the church is dark and silent.
In remembrance of the women who came to the tomb to prepare His body for burial on that early Sunday morning, the women of our church quietly place the altar cloths, the candles, and flowers in the front of the church, and we say...
What a beautiful ceremony.
Posted by: Lorna | March 23, 2008 at 01:35 PM