Tag Archives: Easter Sepulchre

Sepulto Domino

Posted on Friday, 19 April, 2019 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

In the Use of Sarum, we don’t use an altar of repose. The second two hosts of Maundy Thursday are simply put into the hanging pyx. On Good Friday, after the Liturgy of the Presanctified, the third host is put … Continue reading →

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He is risen, Alleluya!

Posted on Sunday, 16 April, 2017 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

I wish all my readers a happy Easter, after presumably having celebrated the various ceremonies of Holy Week and the Triduum. There is always a lot to do, between the Maundy Thursday Mass and the stripping and washing of the … Continue reading →

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Quomodo sedet sola Civitas.

Posted on Friday, 25 March, 2016 by Fr Anthony Chadwick

How doth the city sit solitary… so goes the lamentation of Jeremiah the Prophet. In the Roman rite (and the Anglican Missal), the Blessed Sacrament is taken to the Altar of Repose on Maundy Thursday, and is consumed at the … Continue reading →

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