Holy Week continues, and Paris life resumes, without Notre Dame
By James McAuley | Washington Post | April 19 at 4:58 PM
PARIS — A procession of clergy dressed in white carried a simple black cross through the streets of Île St. Louis on Friday, continuing a Good Friday ritual even while the charred hulk of Notre Dame Cathedral loomed behind them.
Thousands of Parisians and visitors gathered for the “stations of the cross” devotion, a symbolic reenactment of Christ’s passion that commemorates the trajectory from his sentencing to his burial in 14 stops.
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"The only thing I’m sure of is that God always gets good from evil,” Aupetit said in a Friday interview with la Croix, a French Catholic newspaper.
“At the foot of the cross, when everything was over, someone was standing: it was Notre Dame,” he said, referring to the Virgin Mary, the namesake of the cathedral, who was present for her son’s crucifixion. “And on the third day, Christ is risen. From the death of his son, God brought for the good: his resurrection and the salvation of all men.”
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But nearby, the “bouquinistes,” the booksellers lining the banks of the Seine, were propped in their folding chairs, checking their mobile phones and waiting for customers. Because the weather was finally warm, young people were sunbathing on the riverbank. Some gazed up to the road in curiosity as Latin incantations boomed from the loudspeakers.
Four days after the fire that brought the city to a shocked standstill, Paris had resumed doing what it does on a spring afternoon.
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They are broadcasting on schedule with 24 hour paschal music and liturgy, either "en direct" (live stream, first link below), or from the daily schedules posted at the site (second link):
Live-stream: https://radionotredame.net/player/
Program schedule: https://radionotredame.net/programmes/
