In this special tradition, pilgrims adore Christ in seven different altars of repose while praying and reflecting on the passion of Christ. At the end of each Holy Thursday Mass, the priest strips ...

Maundy Thursday ... pay homage to the Holy Eucharist, which, during the evening ceremony, would have been transferred from the main altar to a chapel where an ‘altar of repose’ is set up ...

You go and place the candle at the Altar of Repose." He paused. "For me, Holy Thursday is full of theological significance, and this gets you in the mindset of the real reason for the season." ...

On Thursday evening and Good Friday morning, in the hours the Holy Eucharist is in this tabernacle on the altar of repose, Christians do a sort of pilgrimage to visit seven churches – in twos or ...

The Altar of Repose in Manila Cathedral, Holy Thursday 2014 (photo: Judgefloro / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0) Kevin Di Camillo Blogs March 21, 2016 One of the all-time greatest devotions in ...