Good Friday processions

The Sorrowful Mother statue from Rabat, Malta from 2010

As we commemorate the passion and death of Our Lord today, I go back once more to Malta and share with you some photos of a typical Good Friday procession, which is held in various parishes this afternoon, into the evening. Life size statues are carried shoulder high by strong men, as children, adults and many parishioners participate in a solemn and reverent procession depicting various scenes from the last few hours of Jesus. Children also dress up as Old Testament and New Testament characters, carrying various symbols. 

THIS IS THE DAY THEY LED HIM AWAY;   

                ACCUSED HIM, ABUSED HIM;

                     ON CALVARY'S HILL THEY STOOD HIS CROSS;

                         ASSAILED HIM, NAILED HIM.

                             FOR YOU AND ME, HE DIED,

                                 I CRIED...............................