From what I’ve read about it, I don’t see anything wrong with it per se, but I have to wonder why we didn’t know about it before. I’ve heard the “the early Church did _____ so therefore we have to” response to several matters of liturgy and devotion, and I am generally not impressed by it. We knew about the Way of the Cross, and other devotions- many of which have been passed down since the catecomb days. When it comes to things like this, I tend to suspect (maybe I shouldn’t?) that it is just an attempt to hide the sacrificial, penitential parts of our faith, and only show (and emphasize to the extreme) the glorious and happy parts of our faith. Both of these things are important, but we must remember there has to be death before there can be resurrection.
