OK! Yes, I know that this is not a picture of Big Ben! Big Ben is the largest bell inside the clock tower which rings out the hours. When I took this photo on Saturday 11 August Big Ben was silent for servicing purposes.
The bells are silent in church on Good Friday and Holy Saturday until they sound a triumphant peal at the Gloria of the First Mass of Easter. They are often rung in a similar fashion at the Gloria at Christmas Midnight Mass.
What a pity that the Angelus is not rung from more churches at morning, noon, and evening.
Ave, ave Maria!
To gladden priest and people,
The angelus shall ring from every steeple,
To sound his Virgin-birth, Alleluia!
Ave, ave Maria!
Ave, ave Maria!
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