Top Five Family things to do during Holy Week:
1. What do you do with the palm branches you bring home from Palm Sunday Mass? Consider a simple ceremony to place them in your home.
2. During the week, pray the seven Penitential Psalms together (Psalm 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143; www.usccb.org/bible/psalms/6). These are especially appropriate during Lent. Prayerfully reciting these psalms helps us to recognize our sinfulness, express our sorrow, and ask for God’s forgiveness.
3. Celebrate the Sacrament of Penance if you haven’t al-ready done so during Lent
(www.foryourmarriage.org/why-do-catholics-go-to-confession/). N.B. I will be in the confessional after mass on Tuesday and Wednesday, and after morning prayer on Good Friday and Holy Saturday until there are no more people in line.
4. Attend a service together on Holy Thursday and/or Good Friday. On Thursday, the Church recalls the Last Supper and Jesus’ gift of his Body and Blood. On Friday, parishes hold services to celebrate the Passion of the Lord; many have Stations of the Cross as well.
5. On Holy Saturday, pray for those who will be received into the Catholic Church during the Easter Vigil. Pray, too, for a deepening of your own faith and the grace to endure the suffering and celebrate the joys of married life.
The schedule for our common prayer during Holy Week is as follows:
Holy Thursday:
8:00 a.m. Morning Prayer
10:00 a.m. Chrism Mass –at the Cathedral
7:00 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Adoration begins after Mass
11:30 p.m. Night Prayer
Good Friday
8:00 am: Morning Prayer (confessions follow)
3:00 pm: Stations of the Cross
7:00 pm: Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
Holy Saturday
8:00 am: Morning Prayer (confessions follow)
8:00 pm: Easter Vigil
Easter Sunday
8:00 a.m. Mass
11:00 a.m. Mass
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Save the date:
Parish Appreciation Party
Saturday, June 6, 2015 – 6:00 pm – Parish Center….