This evening at the Mass of Maundy Thursday the bells usually rung at the Consecration are replaced with the so-called "strepitus" - in some places this is a rattle, reminding us of the clamour of the crowds who derided Jesus, or, in other places, a hammer and wood - to imitate the sound of the nail being hammered into hands and feet of Christ on the cross. An utterly harrowing experience. #catholic