There is an interesting post over at the New Liturgical Movement's blog concerning the tradition of dispensing with the "Alleluias" during Lent. I had no idea of an actual coffin-like container which the children would actually bury their handwritten "alleluias" inside and open upon the Feast of the Resurrection. Interesting.
Part 1. Burying the Alleluias: Burning Strawmen, Mourning Choir Boys
Part 2. Burial of the Alleluia in an Anglican-Use Roman Catholic Church in Texas
Video of Medieval Vespers of Easter in Paris
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As I described in an article last year, Vespers of Easter Sunday and the
days within the octave was celebrated in the Middle Ages according to a
special fo...
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