Holy Week
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Tenebrae: Maundy Thursday
On Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Saturday, the Morning Offices of Matins and Lauds take a slightly different form.
Wednesday of Holy Week: Surely not I?
Readings: Isaiah 50: 4 – 9; Psalm 69; Matthew 26: 14 - 25 It often surprises both Catholics and non-Catholics alike
Tuesday of Holy Week: Brighton Rock, sin and the point of no return
Poster for the original (and best) film adaptation of Brighton Rock
Palm Sunday: Why have you forsaken me?
Readings: Mt 21:1-11 (Procession Gospel); Is 50:4-7; Ps 22; Phil 2:6-11; Mt 26:14-27:66 Has it ever bothered you that Jesus on
The Paschal Triduum – Tenebrae
As well as its three liturgical high points - the Mass of the Lord's Supper, the Liturgy of the Passion,
The Paschal Triduum – Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
On the afternoon of Good Friday, recalling the time of day when, so the Scriptures tell us, Jesus died on
The Paschal Triduum – Introduction
Over the coming three days, as we celebrate liturgically the central events of the Christian mystery, Godzdogz will be
The Paschal Triduum – Maundy Thursday
Tonight, in the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, we commemorated the very institution of the Mass itself, when Jesus gave
Tuesday of Holy Week: Betrayed and abandonned by his closest friends
Readings: Is 49:1-6; Ps 71(70):1-2.3-4a.5-6b.15.17; St John 13:21-33.36-38 We are approaching the times of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ and
Monday of Holy Week: The fragrance of life after death
Readings: Is. 42:1-7, Ps. 26:1-3, 13-14; John 12:1-11The intriguing figure of Lazarus, Jesus' friend 'whom he had raised from the
Palm Sunday of Our Lord’s Passion
Gospel at the procession: Luke 19:28-40; and Gospel of Our Lord's Passion: Luke 22:14-23:56 Today is Palm Sunday of Our