browniehound
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Sat.....our family did the ambulance thing too. It was a nice thing to say a little prayer for someone who might be in a health crisis or accident.
One of the things we did on Good Friday was that during the 3 hours between noon and 3 PM (supposedly the time Christ hung on the cross) we maintained silence in our house. No TV, no radio, no phone no talking at all. This tradition broke for good when my adult cousin came to visit during one of these times and yelled out......."Whatsa matter, cat got your tongues!!" We laughed ourselves silly.
To this day, I wonder if during Christ's time they were on Pacific, Eastern or daylight saving's time and how did we know those were the exact hours He was on the cross?
We may not have kept the practices of our childhood, but I think those were simpler times and our characters were forming and we turned out as OK kids with some morals intact.
More,
I think its "rituals" like you described that builds character and molds us into what we will be as adults.
As for Christ dying between 12 and 3, I don't know? Was he really born on december 25th? I doubt it.