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Good Friday at St. Joe’s (Fremont, OH)

(More than a week behind in posting again.)
We're visiting Clare's mom in Fremont, OH, for Easter, so we've attended services at her parish of St. Joseph. One of the interesting things about attending church at different places is seeing how local customs vary for the same services or celebrations.

Our home parish uses a smooth, "polished" cross for the world-wide Good Friday practice (since the 7th century) — http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/resources/holy-week/good-friday/the-veneration-of-the-cross/ — and then the cross is put in a stand.

Here the cross is very much rough-hewn, and the cross is laid with an almost-supine figure of the crucified Jesus.

I have often tried to photograph railroad tracks to their convergent vanishing point, but without good results until today when I captured a good, westward-looking shot at dusk. But today is Good Friday and the somber events we Christians remember today are part of the necessary preparation for the joy of Easter in a couple days. And the train tracks photo is more reproducible than this one which can only be managed one day per year.

1 year ago (“Deciduous conifer”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-03-25
2 years ago (“Wild petunia”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-03-25
3 years ago (“Well *this* was an easy choice!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-03-25
4 years ago (“Necklace on dresser”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-03-25
5 years ago (“Spring awakening”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-03-25

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