Want to know why Catholics wave palms on Palm Sunday; wash each other’s feet on Holy Thursday; or kiss the cross on Good Friday? Look no further…
Tag Archive: Holy Week
Mar 24
Holy Week and the Easter Season Family Activities
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 Liturgical Ministers Schedule
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 …