Burial of the Alleluia

The Burial of the ‘Allelúia’ is a beautiful custom repeated each year at Chicago's St. John Cantius Parish. On the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, we bid this sacred word a fond farewell for the duration of Lent.
At the end of Mass, a placard with the ‘Allelúia’ in ornate gold letters is taken from the Sanctuary and processed to Mary’s Altar where it is “buried”-placed under the altar cloth.
"Alleluia, song of gladness, voice of joy that cannot die;
Alleluia is the anthem ever dear to choirs on high;
In the house of God abiding thus they sing eternally."
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