Apr 10
The Paschal Triduum is a three-fold liturgy beginning with the Holy Thursday Liturgy, continuing through the Good Friday Liturgy and culminating at the Easter Vigil. Through our celebration of these three days, we move with Christ from his last meal with his disciples to his cross and death to his rising from the grave, inviting …
Mar 20
A church vigil is a time of prayerful watching and waiting. Our church observes a vigil on the night before our most important feasts. Christmas and Pentecost, for example, have beautiful vigil services. But Easter, our most important feast, has the most glorious vigil service of all. In fact, this night is called the holiest …
Mar 24
Lent ends at sunset on Holy Thursday, and the Triduum begins. These are the three holiest days in the Church calendar. The first day, Holy Thursday, begins with the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, during which we remember the Last Supper – when Jesus washed his disciples’ feet and instituted the Eucharist. The first …
Mar 23
Holy Week begins with the sixth Sunday in Lent known as Palm Sunday. This Sunday observes the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem that was marked by the crowds who were in Jerusalem for Passover waving palm branches and proclaiming him as the messianic king. The Gospels tell us that Jesus rode into the city …