Finally...

It's 3:00 a.m. on Saturday and the last procession for Santo Viernes (Holy Friday, what we call Good Friday) has just passed our front door. They began their route from Escuela de Christo Church, about two blocks away from us at 4:00 p.m. yesterday. We actually saw them pass by twice today. The first time was as we were leaving the two-hour Santo Viernes service at San Francisco El Grande Church. They were passing the front gate of the courtyard and no one could get out. We had to wait until they had passed (about 30 minutes) to exit the church yard (it's surrounded by a high wall). While waiting or as we were leaving, my shoulder bag was cut by a thief. I imagine they were surprised. It only held a Spanish hymnal (we sang with the choir again) and two paperback missals (Spanish and English). I'll get the pictures posted as soon as possible. I'm only about two weeks behind, if I remember correctly. Fortunately, there is only one procession on Santo Sabado (Holy Saturday).