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The significance of the Lenten shrouds has been explained in a variety of ways. [7] The French liturgist Prosper Guéranger explained that "the ceremony of veiling the Crucifix, during Passiontide, expresses the humiliation, to which our Saviour subjected himself, of hiding himself when the Jews threatened to stone him, as is related in the Gospel of Passion Sunday".
A headcovering in the Catholic tradition carries the status of a sacramental. [136] [137] Historically, women were required to veil their heads when receiving the Eucharist following the Councils of Autun and Angers. [138] Similarly, in 585, the Synod of Auxerre (France) stated that women should wear a head-covering during the Holy Mass.
Fastentuch in Freiburg Minster. The Lenten cloth is usually hung in the choir (quire) throughout Lent. In some churches it is placed before Passion Sunday or Palm Sunday.. The veil visually separates the congregation from the chancel and its decorations and while the congregation can no longer see the liturgy, all its attention is focused on listening; it is a form of visual penance.
A vimpa is a veil or shawl worn over the shoulders of servers who carry the miter and crosier in Roman Catholic liturgical functions when they are not being used by the bishop. Chancel veil In the early liturgies, there was often a veil that separated the sanctuary from the rest of the church (again, based upon the biblical description of the ...
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 ...
When Meghan Markle arrived at St. George's Chapel, all eyes were on her stunning Givenchy gown, including the dramatic veil she wore with it. It turns out that there is a special meaning to the veil.
Engraving depicting the marriage of the Duke of Bourbon and Mademoiselle de Nantes at Versailles in 1685, with a nuptial veil held over the couple. The nuptial veil, which is also referred to as the care cloth, carde clothe or wedding canopy, is an ancient Christian wedding tradition where a cloth is held over the heads of the bride and groom during the Nuptial Blessing.
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