The altar at Santa Rita.
Its early still but the crowd starts to arrive. We had a packed house. The lady in white is their only trained Eucharistic Minister and because of her presence, this church and community has The Reservation of Holy Communion. So on the days when they have no priest she distributes Holy Communion.
The altar of repose outside the church. What you can't see is the lava lamp under the sheet which turned all kinds of colours during the hour of adoration after Mass. Sr. Cacilda came with me and led a very nice and prayerful Holy Hour. Thank God she was there, I could not talk for a whole hour. The Brazilians don't seem to like too much silence, so an hour of adoration must be filled with prayers, readings and singing!
The Altar of Repose and seats in the "Barracão" {Parish Shed / Hall}. The word "Barracão" means wooden shed and that is what the hall is. It has no walls because of the heat and is therefore subject to the rain and muck in the wet season and the dust in the dry season.
They had a novel idea of having a fully set dinner table beside the altar for all the disciples whose feet I washed and kissed. They sat at the table for the whole Mass. The bread and wine was distributed after Mass to all just before we had the procession to the Altar of Repose. It was lovely bread! The women make a very sugary yeast bread in a pot over the fire just like the women of old in Ireland using the skillet pot over the open fire.
