The Roman Liturgy – The Composure and Agony of Passiontide

“A high mountain peak whose summit is bathed in sunlight, while its lower reaches are in the grips of a terrible storm.”

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In the previous part, we considered how Christ’s silence in his passion manifests a composure and dignity under even the most unimaginable treatment. We considered how this silence is a veil, like those which cover the statues in Passiontide, hiding from us the thoughts and feelings which Christ experienced in his passion.

We noted …