One of the most precious images of Christ in the tomb I possess is the icon made by dear friend Miranda Hassett for the Episcopal Church of the Advocate in Carrboro, NC, our home parish. For me, this is the face of Christ today, holy Saturday.
On Good Friday, we laid him to rest, and instead of venerating the cross as many do on that day, we venerated the icon with our flowers and prayers.
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Grandmère Mimi // March 25, 2008 at 1:54 pm
What a lovely idea, QFC -AND a beautiful icon.
A Wake for Jesus | Doing Public Work // March 26, 2008 at 12:17 pm
[...] My friend Terry has a post up with a picture of another burial icon by Miranda, made for the Episcopal Church of the Advocate in Chapel Hill/Carrboro, NC. In addition to the [...]
Jane R // March 30, 2008 at 9:38 pm
They do that at Good Friday liturgy at St. Gregory of Nyssa in San Francisco - beautiful
QFC // March 30, 2008 at 11:02 pm
I think we stole it from them, Jane! Should have given them props. We love the influence St Gregory’s and the All Saints Co. is having on the liturgy of the church and UC and I are major proponents of it. Peace!
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