{"id":3176,"date":"2006-04-12T09:57:39","date_gmt":"2006-04-12T09:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/in-monreale.html"},"modified":"2006-04-12T09:57:39","modified_gmt":"2006-04-12T09:57:39","slug":"in-monreale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/in-monreale.html","title":{"rendered":"In Monreale"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sandro Magister reprints a portion of the Holy Week letter of the bishop of Monreale, in Sicily, in which the bishop provides a translation of an accout from Romano Guardini of his visit to the cathedral during Holy Week.<\/a><\/p>\n

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When they brought the holy oils to the sanctuary, and the procession, accompanied by the insistent melody of an ancient hymn, wound through that throng of figures, the basilica sprang back to life. <\/p>\n

Its forms began to move. Responding to the solemn procession and the movement of vestments and colors along the walls and through the arches, the spaces began to move. The spaces came forward to meet the listening ear and the eye rapt in contemplation. <\/p>\n

The crowd sat and watched. The women were wearing veils. The colors of their garments and shawls were waiting for the sun to make them shine again. The men\u2019s faces were distinguished and handsome. Almost no one was reading. All were living in the gaze, all engaged in contemplation. <\/p>\n

Then it it became clear to me what the foundation of real liturgical piety is: the capacity to find the \u201csacred\u201d within the image and its dynamism. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It’s lovely. Do read the whole thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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