inundado por um mistério de luz que é Deus e N´Ele vi e ouvi -A ponta da lança como chama que se desprende, toca o eixo da terra, – Ela estremece: montanhas, cidades, vilas e aldeias com os seus moradores são sepultados. - O mar, os rios e as nuvens saem dos seus limites, transbordam, inundam e arrastam consigo num redemoinho, moradias e gente em número que não se pode contar , é a purificação do mundo pelo pecado em que se mergulha. - O ódio, a ambição provocam a guerra destruidora! - Depois senti no palpitar acelerado do coração e no meu espírito o eco duma voz suave que dizia: – No tempo, uma só Fé, um só Batismo, uma só Igreja, Santa, Católica, Apostólica: - Na eternidade, o Céu!
2010 is a Jacobean Holy Year (Año Santo Jacobeo) in Santiago de Compostela (the Holy Year is celebrated every year in which the Feast of St. James the Greater - 25 July - falls on a Sunday; thus the frequency is every 6-5-6-11 years). On the 1st of January, the Archbishop of Santiago, H.E. Msgr. Julián Barrio Barrio, inaugurated the Holy Year by opening theHoly Door. This ceremony still invloves the breaking down of the walling blocking the Holy Door by a silver hammer which was unfortunately discontinued at the last Roman Jubilee of 2000 (the booklet of the ceremony is available online, you will be pleasantly surprised to note the inclusion of several pieces of Gregorian chant and polyphony). Here are some images of the ceremony.
The vesting (note the fine antique vestments worn by the Archbishop, the chapter, and the deacons throughout):
The key and hammer used in the opening ceremony:
The archbishop and his cathedral chapter walking to the Holy Door:
The Archbishop knocking upon the door three times with the silver hammer, singing the versicle "Open unto me the gates of justice" etc.
The wall comes down:
The archbishop prays in silence before the newly opened Holy Door:
The deacons wash the newly opened Holy Door:
Msgr. Barrio takes the archiepiscopal cross and enters as the first through the Holy Door:
The procession also included relics of the Apostle:
Mass begins:
Towards the end, the famous botafumeiro, the giant thurible of Santiago Cathedral, was swung:
fonte:new liturgical movement
The vesting (note the fine antique vestments worn by the Archbishop, the chapter, and the deacons throughout):
The key and hammer used in the opening ceremony:
The archbishop and his cathedral chapter walking to the Holy Door:
The Archbishop knocking upon the door three times with the silver hammer, singing the versicle "Open unto me the gates of justice" etc.
The wall comes down:
The archbishop prays in silence before the newly opened Holy Door:
The deacons wash the newly opened Holy Door:
Msgr. Barrio takes the archiepiscopal cross and enters as the first through the Holy Door:
The procession also included relics of the Apostle:
Mass begins:
Towards the end, the famous botafumeiro, the giant thurible of Santiago Cathedral, was swung:
fonte:new liturgical movement