Traditionally known as Passiontide, the last fortnight of Lent is the
time we are called to greater devotion and mortification. Now is the
time to meditate even more deeply on Christ’s Passion. This is the time
that the Church traditionally covers the crucifix and statues imitating
Jesus at the end of the Gospel for Passion Sunday in the Extraordinary
Form: “Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple.” Many parishes
have kept up or brought back the tradition of veiling holy images during
Passiontide. In my home, we also cover our religious images and
crucifixes with the traditional purple colored cloth to keep the Passion
of Our Lord in the front of our minds throughout the day. Not only are
we mortifying our bodies through our Lenten penances, but we now
mortifying our sight. The veiled crucifix reminds us of how our sins
divide us from Jesus; we cannot see him or be guided by him when sin
rules our hearts...
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