Good Friday 2025 outside of the Seville Cathedral[1]
Holy Week in Seville
Usually after the forty days of Lent and the celebration of Holy Week with all its austerity we feel the lightness of the Resurrection. In the northern hemisphere it is accompanied by the flowering of nature which mitigates the feelings of the suffering Christ.
But when you go to Seville (Spain) end experience Holy Week in that holy city, everything changes. The joy of the risen Christ is obviously present in the soul at the Easter Vigil and on Easter Sunday, but the images of the dying Christs and the Dolorosas remain with you forever.
The Procession of the Passion of Christ
The entire city followed its “pasos” where the “costaleros” (bearers) carry on their shoulders the heavy images with their set of candle holders and flowers. Everything is worked to the detail, and the proud Sevillanos prepare the entire year for this week. It is a once in a lifetime experience that you will never forget. The carved and dressed images speak for themselves with sentiments of compassion, tenderness and sorrow for the death of Christ. Our sorrowful Mother is always behind her Son, depicted with the many nuances of her sorrows.
Easter Joy
I cannot think of a better way to prepare for the joy of Easter than by experiencing the sufferings of our Lord and our Blessed Mother so beautifully and dramatically presented as they do in Seville. It is catechesis in movement.
I wish everyone of you a joyful Easter!
God bless you all,
Fr. Marcelo Javier Navarro Muñoz, IVE
Author: The Contribution of Cornelio Fabro to Fundamental Theology. Reason and Faith, Cambridge Scholars Publishing: https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-9315-2
Poesía Sacra, Quemar las Naves, and Desde Fossanova, IVE Press: https://ivepress.org/ and/or www.amazon.com
[1] Photography by the author.
