Mar 3, 2015 · The custom at our parish is to veil all the crosses (excepting crucifixes) with plain, unbleached linen cloth for Ash Wednesday. On Good Friday, all the crucifixes are veiled as well. During the Good Friday liturgies, one cross is unveiled and venerated. All veils are removed before the Great Vigil of Easter.

Lenten shrouds are veils used to cover crucifixes, icons and some statues during Passiontide [1] [2] with some exceptions of those showing the suffering Christ, such as the stations of the Via Crucis or the Man of Sorrows, with purple or black cloths begins on the Saturday before the Passion Sunday.

Mar 8, 2005 · The veils are usually made of lightweight purple cloth without any decoration. The custom of veiling the images during the last two weeks of Lent hails from the former liturgical calendar in which the Passion was read on the Fifth Sunday of Lent (hence called "Passion Sunday") as well as on Palm Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday of Holy Week, and ...

Jan 4, 2022 · Hebrews 9:1-9 tells us that in the temple a veil separated the Holy of Holies—the earthly dwelling place of God’s presence—from the rest of the temple where men dwelt. This signified that man was separated from God by sin (Isaiah 59:1-2).

The Veil of Veronica, or Sudarium (Latin for sweat-cloth), also known as the Vernicle and often called simply the Veronica, is a Christian relic consisting of a piece of cloth said to bear an image of the Holy Face of Jesus produced by other than human means (an acheiropoieton, "made without hand"). Various existing images have been claimed to ...

While it may appear counterintuitive to veil statues and images during the final weeks of Lent, the Church recommends this practice to heighten our senses and build within us a longing for Easter Sunday.

Mar 2, 2012 · We have talked about Lenten veils and seen them before. In order to better understand them, and distinguish the veiling of Crosses and images on the one hand, and the large Lenten veil which veils the altar on the other, I have translated some pertinent paragraphs from Fr Joseph Braun's Die Liturgischen Paramente , 2nd ed., 1924.

Apr 2, 2021 · The custom in many places is to veil from before first vespers or the vigil Mass of the Fifth Sunday of Lent while others limit this veiling from after the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday.

1 day ago · Veiling the cross is like our practice of putting away the word “Alleluia” during Lent. It reminds us that Lent is a penitential season, that is, a season when we strip away some things in our lives so that we can see sin clearly, repent of it and confess it. ... The veil underlines our separation from God; we do not perceive God clearly ...

Mar 5, 2019 · Are statues and crucifixes supposed to be veiled from the fifth Sunday of Lent until Good Friday? It has been the custom of the Roman Church, from the 17th Century forward, to veil the crosses and the images of the saints from the 5th Sunday of Lent until Easter.