Friday, 3 April 2020

NEWSLETTER – Sunday 5th April 2020. Palm Sunday of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ


Each day this week, a post on here will be given to take us through Holy Week together.

Palm Sunday – Mass will be said privately at which Palms will be blessed. The Palms will be retained until we are allowed to travel.

Intention: for the parish


Monday in Holy Week- Mass will be said privately

Intention: Betty Brown (int)

Also known as: Fig Monday – The day on which Christ cursed the fig tree. People ate dried figs on this day to commemorate the miracle.


Tuesday in Holy Week – Mass will be said privately

Intention: Mr. Grey (RIP)

There is NO Chrism Mass at the Cathedral today


Wednesday in Holy Week – Mass will be said privately

Intention: private intention

Also known as Spy Wednesday – The day on which Judas Iscariot met with the Jewish priests and made plans for the betrayal, hence the name “spy.”


THE SACRED TRIDUUM


Maundy Thursday – Mass of the Last Supper will be said privately

Intention: for the parish

There is NO Watch at the Altar of Repose


Maundy:  from the Latin Vulgate version of John 13:34 “A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” In Latin, the verse begins with Mandatum novum do vobis. The word “maundy” is a corruption of “mandatum” meaning commandment.


Good Friday – The Solemn Service (Mass of the Pre-sanctified) will be said privately (with reduced ceremonies)

– Here “good” hearkens back to Middle English in which the word denotes piety or holiness.


Holy Saturday – A quiet day, the perfect Sabbath of Christ in which He descended into the limbo of Hell and delivered the saints of the Old Testament


The Easter Vigil – will be said privately (with reduced ceremonies)

Intention: for the Parish


Easter Day – Mass will be said privately

Intention: for the parish

Over these very unusual days: let us be together in prayer at home but in particular to join with our Archbishop, Cardinal Nichols as he offers the Holy Mass and  Rites of Holy Week and the Sacred Triduum. 


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