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A model of the Tabernacle showing the holy place, and behind it the Holy of Holies. The Holy of Holies (Hebrew: קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים, romanized: Qōḏeš haqQŏḏāšīm or Kodesh HaKodashim; also הַדְּבִיר hadDəḇīr, 'the Sanctuary') is a term in the Hebrew Bible that refers to the inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle, where the Shekhinah (God's presence) appeared.
The significance of the Lenten shrouds has been explained in a variety of ways. [7] The French liturgist Prosper Guéranger explained that "the ceremony of veiling the Crucifix, during Passiontide, expresses the humiliation, to which our Saviour subjected himself, of hiding himself when the Jews threatened to stone him, as is related in the Gospel of Passion Sunday".
The Gospel of Matthew relates that immediately after Christ died, the earth shook, there was darkness, the veil in the Second Temple was torn in two, and many people rose from the dead, and after the resurrection (Matthew 27:53) walked about in Jerusalem and were seen by many people there. Balthasar says this is a "visionary and imaginistic ...
[172] [173] Mark mentions a period of darkness in the daytime during Jesus's crucifixion, and the Temple veil being torn in two when Jesus dies. [40] Luke follows Mark; [42] as does Matthew, additionally mentioning an earthquake and the resurrection of dead saints. [41] No mention of any of these appears in John. [174]
Contrary to Matthew and Mark, however, the text mentions the tearing of the Temple veil prior to the death of Jesus, [18] and provides the obscuring of the Sun as the cause of the darkness: [19] [20] It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land [ or , earth] until three in the afternoon, while the sun's light failed [ or , the ...
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The removing of the veil can be seen as a symbol of the temple veil that was torn when Christ died, giving believers direct access to God, and in the same way, the bride and the groom, once married, now have full access to one another. [117] [128]
When Meghan Markle arrived at St. George's Chapel, all eyes were on her stunning Givenchy gown, including the dramatic veil she wore with it. It turns out that there is a special meaning to the veil.