It seemed like longer since we'd been together, but Jubilee just completed our first Way of the Cross season since 2013. It was an abbreviated season, two services on one weekend only, but what a blessing! So many new people, and the power and energy of the larger group was wonderful. The prayers and reflections were still very effective, even a half-dozen years after we updated them. My coworker who attended was deeply moved, and observed that she was surprised by how spot-on the text was: neither so deep as to be inaccessible nor too simplistic, and bringing the historical events into personal context.
I loved the new music that our director brought in. Song of Surrender was perfect for the third fall, and Mercy would have been a great selection even without this year being the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy.
Potential improvements: I was a touch disappointed to see that the program contained a (very nice) prayer in place of the translation of Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus, which we sang for the third station. And I didn't realize until Friday night that we'd selected three of the first four songs in foreign languages, the first station in Greek, and the third and fourth both in Latin.
I missed all those who couldn't join with us, but no one more than Loretta. Her last gift to Jubilee was our reunion in ministry.
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