Tenebrae Wednesday April 16th - 8pm

Tenebrae is a liturgical service of Readings and Psalms that features distinctive symbolic elements of Christ’s passion and death.

Tenebrae means “shadows” or “darkness” in Latin.
The service shows the darkness that comes over the earth upon Christ’s death. One of the chants of the service draws from Scripture that "tenebrae factae sunt" — “darkness fell” at the death of Christ Matthew 27:45-46

Traditionally, Tenebrae was a portion of the Liturgy of the Hours prayers of Matins and Lauds for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of Holy Week. Now, it is often an adaptation or shortened form of those prayers typically offered on Wednesday of Holy Week.

Tenebrae is designed to serve as a powerful, reflective experience for the faithful ahead of the Easter Triduum. The representation of the darkness of sin and death serve to call the faithful to embrace the light of Christ, who has conquered death.

There will be a reception in the Hall after the Service, a time for refreshments and fellowship