Tenebrae Service @ St Andrew the Apostle
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Lizz Reeves and Anjanette Indelicato lead music for Tenebrae Service, accompanied by Joe Toon on Piano at St Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church. Tenebrae is a liturgical service of sung readings and Psalms that features distinctive symbolic elements of Christ’s passion and death. Tenebrae means “shadows” or “darkness” in Latin. The service shows the darkness that comes over the earth upon Christ’s death. Candles are gradually extinguished, and a loud noise, called a “strepitus” at the service’s conclusion symbolizes the chaos following Christ’s death.
Historically, it was a portion of the Liturgy of the Hours prayers of Matins and Lauds for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of Holy Week. Now, it is often an adaptation or shortened form of those prayers typically offered on Wednesday of Holy Week. Tenebrae is designed to serve as a powerful, reflective experience for the faithful ahead of the Easter Triduum. The representation of the darkness of sin and death serve to call the faithful to embrace the light of Christ, who has conquered death.
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 @ 7 PM
St Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church
3450 W Ray Rd, Chandler, 85226
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