We celebrate Our Lord’s Death and Resurrection as we journey together through Holy Week and Easter
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On 28 March, at the Holy Thursday Evening Mass, we begin the Easter ‘Triduum’ – an extended celebration in which we accompany Jesus through his final hours. Over three solemn days we relive the Paschal Mystery, the events which have changed our lives for good through the saving death and resurrection of the Lord. If you share this time with the Lord who loves you so much, you will be rewarded greatly.
On Holy Thursday evening, the 8pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper celebrates how Jesus instituted the Mass during his final meal on earth.
On Good Friday, we accompany Christ to his Cross and contemplate his great love, poured out for us as he died.
- In the morning at 10am there will be a simple Stations of the Cross especially for children.
- The Solemn Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion is at 3pm.
On Holy Saturday, during the day we commemorate the Lord’s time in the tomb and mourn with Mary and the disciples.
The Easter celebration of Christ’s Resurrection begins with the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night on Saturday 30 March at 8.30 pm. This is the Easter Service. As night begins to fall, in the light of the risen Christ (symbolised by our Paschal Candle) we listen to how God prepared his people for the wonders flowing from Christ’s Resurrection. We can also give thanks for our own our baptism, when we began to receive Christ’s gift of his eternal life. For that reason we profess again the faith of our baptism.
On Easter Day 31 March there are two Masses in the morning, at the usual times (9am and 11am).
There is NO EVENING MASS on Easter Sunday, nor on Sunday 7 April.
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