THE TRIDUUM SACRUM
The Triduum Sacrum - the Three Holy Days - brings us to the beating heart of what it means to be a Christian. Maundy Thursday brings us to the Last Supper, where Our Lord instituted the Holy Eucharist and the Priesthood. He gave his disciples a new commandment that they love one another (the maundy or mandatum). On Good Friday we behold the Wood of the Cross, whereon was hung the world's salvation. And on the Great Vigil of Easter, we kindle the new fire, read the ancient prophecies of God's salvation, bless the font and waters of baptism and then initiate a child of God therein, and finally celebrate the first mass of Easter. These days draw us into the drama of salvation. It isn't simply a matter of information about Jesus, it is integration into him and his acts.

I invite you, as we conclude this season of Lent, to join us during these three holy days - the Triduum Sacrum.    ~ Fr Steve

Music During the Triduum
Maundy Thursday
Prelude:
Tantum ergo, op. 2, Louis Vierne
Sarah Taylor, mezzo-soprano

Anthems:
The Mandatum, Robert Lehman
Peace is my last gift to you, my own peace I now leave with you;
peace which the world cannot give, I give to you.

Ubi caritas, Christopher Dalitz
Where charity and love are, God is there.

Non nobis Domine, William Byrd
Not unto us, O Lord, but to thy name give the glory.

Ave verum corpus, William Byrd

Hymns:When Jesus left his Father's throne, No. 480
What wondrous love is this, No. 439
God is love, No. 577
For the bread which you have broken, No. 341
O Food to pilgrims given, No. 309
Now my tongue, the mystery telling, No. 329

Psalm 22 - plainchant sung by the choir during the stripping of the altar

The organ will be silenced after the Maundy  Thursday Gloria until the Gloria at the Great Vigil of Easter.

Good Friday
Psalm 22 - plainchant
The Passion according to John, Victoria
Reproaches, Victoria
O Sorrow Deep, David Hurd
Nolo Mortem Peccatoris, Thomas Morley

Hymns:
At the cross her vigil keeping, No. 159
To  mock your reign, No. 170

Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of the Lord's resurrection, may be raised from the death of sin by your life-giving Spirit; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.  Amen.
From the Choir
Easter Vigil & Easter Day
Prelude:
Monika Wilmot, violin; Christopher Underwood, trumpet; Amanda Sycamore, timpani; Raymond Hawkins, organ; Robert Matthews, organ

Children's Choir Anthems, Easter Day  9am  mass:
Antiphonal Alleluia, Michael Bedford
Easter Affirmation, Harriot Willoughby
Now the Green Blade Riseth, French carol

Choral Anthems:
Worthy is the Lamb (from "Messiah"), G. F. Handel
Since By Man Came Death (from "Messiah"), G. F. Handel
Choral Alleluia, Colin Mawby
Christ the Lord is risen, Arnold von Bruck, arr. Jim Stanley

Hymns:
The day of resurrection!, No. 210
At the Lamb's high feast we sing, No. 174
Jesus Christ is risen today, No. 207

Postlude:
"Allegro maestoso e vivace," from Sonata No. 4 in B-flat Major, Felix Mendelssohn

See you soon,
Christin
Easter Egg Hunt (on Easter!)
Join us on Sunday, April 16 between the 9am & 11am Easter Masses on Gribbin Lawn for our annual Easter Egg Hunt. 

Needed: Wrapped Candy & treat donations needed (to be stuffed in plastic eggs) by  Friday!  


From the Classroom
When the PreK children were asked what happens on Easter Sunday, once we heard answers such as "egg hunt" and Easter bunny, we asked "what really happened on Easter?"   "He rose!" said a wise 4 year old.  "Heroes?" asked a curious kid.   "He rose!" repeated the 4 year old.  "Like Spider-Man?" "Or Paw Patrol?" the others wondered. "God rose!"   "Yes!   Yes, Jesus rose!" And then the Catechist shared the story of the Empty Tomb with our PreK kids.  This is how children's formation happens at St.Tim's!  Wondering, asking, experiencing stories, and learning language around these holy mysteries of our faith.  

This Sunday PreK kids will gather in the Atrium any time after  8:45am  for Catechesis of the Good Shepherd.   We'll bring the children upstairs at the passing of the peace.  See below for Easter Egg Hunt details.