to enjoy the beauty of an Easter Sunday
mass.
This year I was lucky enough to get to the
Easter Sunday mass in St. Maurice – a congregation and church that are
celebrating 1500 years of continued services!
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| The entry doors |
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| The main platform |
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| Wooden side stalls |
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| Organ in the rear |
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| Details |
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| Partial roof |
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| Entry to the museum and "treasurers" |
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| Bell tower from the outside |
No the pope didn’t come (apparently an
invitation was sent, but the Vatican never replies: or their reply is simply
that of a “no show”).
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| Mgr Joseph Roduit |
It didn’t matter. It also didn’t matter that the average age of
the priests on the platform was probably 80+. To be sitting in such a
historical building (I have also seen the “treasures” of St.Maurice), to be
enjoying the pageantry of the mass, to listen to the marvelous music – the
organ postlude was one of my favorites, to attend the sending off of the “bell”
on its way to Rome (balloons in the shape of a bell) accompanied by the
balloons and cards of the children of the congregation, was a special couple of
hours.
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| building of the "bell" |
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| bronze replica of Saint Maurice |
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| The launching of the "bell" headed for Rome |
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| Over the mountains |
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| 1500 years of continual spiritual presence |
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| Sigismond, King of Burgundy who established the Abby in 515 |
Never mind that lunch in La Forge
thereafter was delicious!
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