Icon of Mary veiled in the narthex
The high altar
High altar minus brass candle sticks and flowers
From Ash Wednesday to Easter Day, images and statues are veiled to mark the solemn season of Lent traditionally, "a time of mourning" in which, "all things that make to the adornment of the church are either laid aside or else covered, to put us in remembrance that we ought now to lament and mourn for our souls dead in sin, and continually to watch, fast, pray and give alms."
The practice of veiling images during all of Lent, in making a startling transformation of the Church from the norm, helps us to focus on the Passion of Our Lord, " with the effect that on Easter day, the Church unveiled and polished within in an inch of its life literally bursts forth like the Lord from the tomb."
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