Holy Thursday – Good Friday – Easter These days are not separate and independent celebrations but are one celebration over a three-day period. We the Church are about to enter into the most important days of the Christian year. Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter are known as the “Triduum,” a Latin word meaning “three days.” Lent ends on Thursday afternoon and the Triduum begins with Thursday evening’s Mass of the Lord’s Supper. During these holiest of days, we remember and live again the central mystery of our faith: Christ Jesus “suffered death and was buried and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.” Holy Thursday, April 9th- Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7pm (Live-streamed on our website) There is only one liturgy on Holy Thursday. This mass commemorates the last meal Jesus shared with his disciples, the institution of the Eucharist and the ritual demonstrating of a way of living (service to each other) which will define the Christian community. This Jesus does through the washing of the disciples’ feet. Music plays an important part in all celebrations and during the Holy Thursday Mass the Gloria (which has not been used during Lent) is sung with joy. Instruments are then muted through Good Friday and then joyfully resumed during the Easter Vigil. Good Friday, April 10th- Solemn Commemoration of the Lord’s Passion at 3:00pm. (Live-streamed on our website) From the earliest days in the Church, Good Friday has been the most solemn day in the entire Church year. It ritually relives the passion and death of Jesus. It is the only day of the year when no mass is celebrated. This stark and simple ritual begins in silence. In a profound gesture, the priests and deacons prostrate themselves in the sanctuary for a time of awestruck silence and then rise to pray. This gesture is meant to mirror death, burial and resurrection – the fullness of the paschal mystery. *Note - there will be no Stations of the Cross this evening. Holy Saturday-April 11th- Easter Vigil beginning at 8:00pm (Live-streamed on our website) During Easter Vigil mass, we hear some of the most powerful Scripture accounts: the stories of creation, Abraham, Moses; the crossing of the Red Sea, Psalms of promise and rejoicing, and finally the Gospel of the Resurrection. Easter Sunday-April 12th -The 10:00am Mass (Live-streamed on our website) .