"This, then is our desert: to live facing despair, but not to consent. To trample it down under hope in the Cross. To wage war against despair unceasingly. That war is our wilderness. If we wage it courageously, we will find Christ at our side. If we cannot face it, we will never find him."
Thursday, 7 March 2013
A 'must-have' for Holy Week
As Fr Z implies [here] , all the best parishes should have one (or two)
The crotalus - the ecclesiastical 'rattle' used in place of the silenced bells during the Triduum.
I remember it from my theological college days - things have changed there since, somewhat...
Anyway, they are available - under the guise of football rattles or children's instruments - very reasonably at Amazon.co.uk , too.
Tempting...
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