On Good Friday, we commemorate the passion and death of Jesus the Christ. In the late afternoon, worshippers gathered in the stark church - most adornments had been removed - the Eucharist is in our small chapel - serving as the repository. The painful crown of thorns and empty tabernacle symbolize the solemnity of the day. Priest and altar servers entered silently and prostrated themselves before the bare altar. A series of readings culminate in the reading of the Passion. There is no mass, but a homily appropriate to the sadness of this day gave spiritual direction. After a series of prayers, Father Taylor carried a heavy, rough hewn cross from the back of the church to the altar, and positioned it for veneration. The congregation filed forward, dropping nails representing our sins into a metal pail, before kissing or reverently touching the cross. Then prayers preceded the Eucharist, distribution of Holy Communion only in the form of the hosts consecrated on the previous day. The remaining hosts were removed to the repository. After meditation and prayer, all exited silently to await the celebration of the Resurrection on Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday.