Prayer for Spiritual Communion

Jesus, I believe that you are present in the most Blessed Sacrament. I love You above all things and I desire to receive You into my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there, and unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You. Amen.”

Family Feet Washing for Holy Thursday


  • Then get a pitcher and a basin and wash each other's feet.

  • Finally, eat a simple feast and read the story of the last supper Matthew 26: 17-29.
Good Friday

Many Roman Catholic churches practice a devotion known as the  Veneration of the Cross  on  Good Friday . The clergy and congregation approach a  cross  or crucifix one by one, and offer a gesture of respect to all that it represents. This gesture usually includes kneeling or bowing before the  cross  and then kissing it.

Some people have a silent no talking time from noon to 3pm. This would be a great time to do the stations of the cross.
So why the hot cross bun?
There are numerous stories surrounding the origins of the famous baked good, most common that the bun symbolizes the end of Lent, with the cross representing the crucifixion of Jesus and the spices inside reminding Christians 'of the spices put on the body of Jesus'.

Some believe the hot cross bun originates from St Albans, where Brother Thomas Rocliffe, a 14th Century monk at St Albans Abbey, developed a similar recipe called an 'Alban Bun' and distributed the bun to the local poor on Good Friday in 1361.
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