Reopening of the Cathedral

 

 

 

Openness

 

Reopening of the Cathedral of Christ the Light

 1. 

Prologue

A year of no access to our Diocesan seat 

dream of the darkened interior

 

 

The Virgin of Guadalupe

A Ray of Hope for passing traffic

only here for the terrible year

 

 

 

No traffic at times 

suspended animation

2. 

Palm Sunday

 

 

 

The Pascal Moon comes forth

 

 

 

 

 I leave the evanescent world behind me

 

 

 

Hoping that palms were available even if the Cathedral was still shuttered

 

 

 

 Wonder awaits

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Open in time for Holy Week

 

 

 

 

 

 Hallelujah

I assume my usual position in the front row

 

 

 

 

 

The Altar is in an altered state 

 

 

 The crucifix is shrouded

 

 

 Even on the Altar

 

 

 

Mary held hostage in Lent 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. 

A Sidereal Side Chapel 

 

 

Votive lanterns light my way

 to the heart of the matter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mysterioso

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Some icons remain uncovered

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Hope proliferates here

 

 

 

 

Palm Sunday is after all a day of joy 

Christ entering Jerusalem feted by palms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 3.

The Crypt 

 

 

The crucified Christ unadorned

 

 

 

Saint Joseph watches over the Communion of the Saints

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Beloved Saint Patrick

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Intimation of Immortality

 

 

 

 

 

 

Death and Sensuality

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Epilogue 

 

Come on up to the house

28 March 2021