Black Saturday marks end of 40-day Lenten Season By CHRISTINA I. HERMOSO April 2, 2010

Black Saturday marks end of 40-day Lenten Season

By CHRISTINA I. HERMOSO

April 2, 2010

 

Christians will mark the close of the 40-day Lenten Season today, Black Saturday, with meditations on the Passion and Death of Christ, and His descent into hell before His Resurrection on Easter Sunday.

No masses will be held in all Catholic churches this Saturday. Instead, the faithful are encouraged to venerate the image of Christ lying in the tomb as well as to reflect on the Seven Sorrows (Dolors) of Mary: The Prophecy of Simeon in the Temple, the Flight into Egypt, the Disappearance of the Child Jesus in the Temple, the Carrying of the Cross on Mount Calvary, the Crucifixion, the taking down from the Cross, and the Burial of Jesus....More

Source: Manila Bulletin
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