Our 3pm Good Friday service was wonderful, very moving and very crowded. At the Veneration of the Cross our priest said that if we wished to, we go forward in bare feet. I had never heard of such a thing before, and no one around me made a move to take their shoes off. I thought it was a wonderful idea and so fitting to humble oneself before the Cross, but I lacked the courage to do it on my own. I was already back in my seat before the last people filed up, and they were led by a group of Indian ladies who were all bare feet, and lots of the people behind them had been emboldened to do the same.
I felt disappointed with myself, if I had taken my shoes off maybe others would have had the courage too.
Next year...
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