On Maundy Thursday evening through Good Friday at noon (March 28 and 29), the St. Nicholas Chapel in the St. Mark’s Sanctuary will be prepared as a beautiful Altar of Repose for open prayer and contemplation. An Altar of Repose is a Holy Week tradition of beautifully decorating a side altar where consecrated Eucharist from the Maundy Thursday liturgy is reserved for the Good Friday service, a reflection of keeping watch with Jesus until the events of Good Friday. The St. Mark’s Flower Guild will prepare this sacred space where all are invited to “stay a while” in the garden with Jesus after the Maundy Thursday liturgy and any time on Good Friday morning, keeping vigil.
