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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