Holy Week Schedule 2021 – Please Register for Masses

Palm Sunday – March 27, 4pm, March 28, 8:30am, 10:30am, & 5pm                                                                                                   
 Palm Sunday is a Christian feast that always occurs the Sunday before Easter. The feast celebrates the entering of Jesus into Jerusalem, as mentioned in the four Gospels, a week before his death and resurrection. The term "palm" comes from the story of the crowd scattering palm branches in front of Jesus as he rode into the city on a donkey to represent the peace He was bringing.  Palm branches symbolize goodness and victory.

Tuesday, March 30 – Confession, 8:45am 

           Thursday of Holy Week – April 1, 7:00pm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  No Morning Mass at 8am. We remember the Last Supper and that Jesus gave Himself in the Eucharist. We recall that Jesus chose His apostles to serve and lead the Church thus creating the institution of the priesthood and Christ’s command of brotherly love.

Friday of the Passion of the Lord – April 2, 3:00pm

On Good Friday we remember the death of Jesus.  Mass is not celebrated on this day or before the Easter Vigil.  The liturgy of Good Friday consists of the reading of the Gospel Passion narrative, the Adoration of the Cross, and Communion.  The Holy Cross is brought in front of the sanctuary where it can be venerated with a bow or genuflection.

Friday, April 2 – Confession, Following the 3pm Service


Holy Saturday, April 3 - Blessing of the Easter food will take place in the Gathering Space, 11:00am

Holy Saturday, April 3 – Confession, Noon

                       Easter Vigil, April 3, 7:00pm                                                                                                                                                                                           On Holy Saturday the Church meditates on the suffering and death of Jesus.  Then the Church gathers in the Saturday night darkness to await the Resurrection of Jesus.  The church becomes illuminated with the candle light representing the Resurrection of Jesus, the Light of the World. The Easter Vigil is a liturgy held in Catholic churches as the first official celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus. Historically, it is during this liturgy that people are Baptized and that Adult Catechumens are received into full communion with the Church. It is held in the hours of darkness between sunset on Holy Saturday and sunrise on Easter Day, and is the first celebration of Easter, days traditionally being considered to begin at sunset.
For the Roman Catholic Church, the Easter Vigil is the most important liturgy of public worship and Masses of the liturgical year, marked by the first use since the beginning of Lent of the exclamatory "Alleluia", a distinctive feature of the Easter season.
 

                       Easter Sunday, April 4 – 7:00am, 8:30am & 10:30am                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Easter Sunday is a celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his Crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD.  It is the culmination of the Passion of Jesus, preceded by Lent, a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance.  The New Testament states that the Resurrection of Jesus, which Easter celebrates, is a foundation of the Christian faith.  The Resurrection established Jesus as the powerful Son of God and is cited as proof that God will judge the world in righteousness. For those who trust in Jesus' Death and Resurrection, "Death is swallowed up in victory." Any person who chooses to follow Jesus receives "a New Birth into a living hope through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the Dead."  Through faith, we are spiritually Resurrected with Jesus so that we may walk in a new way of life and receive Eternal Salvation.