Saturday, April 15, 2017

Color BLACK of "Good Friday"?

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt;
Jeremiah 8:21
"In an ironic twist, the Cybele cult flourished on today's Vatican
Hill. ....This spring festival began as a day of blood on Black Friday, rising to a crescendo after three days, in rejoicing over the resurrection. There was violent conflict on Vatican Hill in the early days of Christianity between the Jesus worshippers and pagans who quarrelled over whose God was the true, and whose the imitation."
TheGuardian
"The changing colors of the sanctuary from the purple of Lent to the black of Good Friday provide graphic visual symbols for the Lenten journey..."
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