The Shrine Church of Our Lady of Solace
A PARISH MINISTRY OF THE VOCATIONIST FATHERS
2866 West 17th Street
Brooklyn, New York 11224
Phone: (718) 266-
FAX: (718) 946-
REV. ARMANDO M. PALMIERI, S. D. V., Pastor
REV. SHIJU CHITTATTUKARA, S. D. V. , Associate Pastor
The Passion Play is presented on Palm Sunday of each year with moving solemnity and great beauty by the youth of our parish, and it is expertly produced and directed. It has become an event not to be missed, not just in support of our children, but for the great living narrative they present and how they present it. It is preceded by a program of the solemn music of Holy Week and Passiontide by the Our Lady of Solace Choir under the direction of Robert Weigel.
The Passion Play commences with the reading of the first chapter of the Gospel According to St. John (“In the beginning there was the Word…”). (Photographs by Fior Torres)
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PALM SUNDAY
Jesus leads the procession of people bearing palm branches as they call out
“Hosannah to the Son of David! Blest is He Who comes in the mane of the Lord!”
on the road to Jerusalem. Once in the temple, He explains his mission . (2009)
THE LAST SUPPER -
Jesus blesses, breaks and distributes His consecrated Body to His apostles at the Last Supper in the institution of the Eucharist. (2009)
THE LAST SUPPER -
Jesus blesses, breaks and distributes His consecrated Blood to His apostles. Judas Iscariot departs to betray his Master. (2009)
THE BETRAYAL BY JUDAS
The temple guards and Roman soldiers arrive to take
Jesus as Judas Iscariot betrays Him with a kiss. (2009)
THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN
“Father, if it be possible, let this Cup pass before me.
Yet, let not My will, but Yours be done.” (2009)
THE ARREST OF JESUS
Jesus is taken by the guards, first to the high priest, then to Pontius Pilate. Judas departs to later meet his own fate. (2009)
THE INTERROGATION OF JESUS BY PONTIUS PILATE
Jesus is brought before the procurator, the Roman governor of Judea, Pontius Pilate.
He is interrogated by Pilate and then taken out to be scourged. (2009)
THE SCOURGING OF JESUS
Jesus is lashed to a pillar and scourged, after which He is crowned
by the Roman soldiers with thorns in a mock coronation. (2009)
THE CONDEMNATION OF JESUS
Pilate gives in to the wishes of the crowd and condemns Jesus to death. (2009)
THE WAY OF THE CROSS
Jesus is led, carrying His cross to the place of His execution. He is followed by His sorrowing mother, Mary. Along the the way after Jesus falls,
Simon the Cyrenian is pressed into service to carry the cross. (2009)
THE CRUCIFIXION AND DEATH OF JESUS
Jesus is nailed to the cross. As he suffers in agony he cries out to His Father in heaven in anguish and abandonment.
Finally, He gives up His spirit and dies. A great storm of rushing winds, lightning and earthquake give final pronouncement. (2009)
REMOVAL FROM THE CROSS
The Body of Jesus is removed from the Cross by the soldiers and placed
with His mother, Mary. (2006)
THE PIETA
As Mary cradles the Head of her beloved Son on her lap, we hear the strains of an ancient choral chant of the prayer Ave Maria
(“Hail, Mary”). (2006)
ONE SOLITARY LIFE
The church is in total darkness after Jesus’ body had been removed. Then, a narrator begins to recite the poem One Solitary Life. As narrator continues, a tiny spotlight focuses on the altar, its beam expanding very slowly in size as the sound of the background music swells. Finally, the risen Lord Jesus is revealed as on the Third Day, Easter Sunday. (2006)
The Annual Passion Play
(photos from Palm Sunday 2006 and 2009)