Vlaardingen I went to Easter Mass at the church of Saint Francis Xavier in Brooklyn, a pretty church in Park Slope which does not, despite its name, appear to have any formal connection with the Jesuits. Some years ago it might have been difficult for me to feel the joy the holiday seemingly required – often […]
Tag Archives: Easter
Easter 2013 and New Hope.
01-Apr-13Easter Services.
09-Apr-10abjectly I came down to the City to be with my fellow believers for Easter. I spent Holy Thursday with the Episcopalians, which was beautiful as always, and then Good Friday and the Vigil at a parish in Murray Hill. The experience of worship during Easter season in the City is unusual. The Churches are full, […]
Bright Week Begins, Lent Ends.
12-Apr-09I just concluded the most successful churchgoing period of my life, and while nothing really ends, Easter marks a turning-point and it is good to look back from here. Lent is almost certainly supposed to be experienced together with Carnival. The extremity of the one makes no sense without its opposite. Carnival exhausts the body […]