"We should glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ!"  GALATIANS 6:14

Join Us for Holy Week & Easter Triduum
Dear Friends in Christ Our Hope,
What a strange and challenging Lenten journey it's been this year. Our time of isolation and social distancing has drawn some closer to God. I pray that is where you find yourself this Holy Week. But even if you're not experiencing this grace, I want to encourage you to step deeper into the reality of life, death and resurrection of Jesus in the coming days via our Zoom morning prayers and Facebook LIVE liturgies. 

Join our virtual, shared parish community of Christ Our Hope and St. Patrick for Triduum. Below are details of ways to grow closer to Christ and allow him to help you find peace and consolation in this time of global turmoil.

Peace,   

Deacon Dennis Kelly 
Pastoral Coordinator  
Christ Our Hope / St. Patrick Parish Communities
Your Holy Week & Triduum Schedule

Wednesday of Holy Week: Wednesday April 8

7:00 PM Tenebrae Evening Prayer via  Facebook.

Fr. Bryan and Dn. Dennis lead this prayer service where the death and burial of the Lord is remembered.

Join with us Spiritually and Virtually
 
All gatherings will be either Zoom or 

Worship Aids are  posted online here.
Holy Thursday

8:00 AM Morning Prayer via  Zoom

Begin the Triduum in prayer, with an interactive celebration of Morning Prayer with songs, psalms and prayers. Sam Sweeney is our cantor and members of the Choir of Hope will lead music. 


Thursday April 9

7:00 PM Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper via Facebook

The first part of our three-part Triduum celebration. 

This liturgy focuses on the Eucharist, and Jesus's command to wash each other's feet. 

We also return our Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl online. You can donate to CRS online  HERE. 

After Mass, although we can't vigil in person this year, we'll still listen to scripture readings together online.


Good Friday  
 
8:00 AM Morning Prayer via Zoom

Begin your Good Friday in prayer, with an interactive celebration of Morning Prayer with songs, psalms and prayers. Sam Sweeney is our cantor and members of the Choir of Hope will lead music. 


Friday April 10

7:00 PM Celebration of the Lord's Passion via Facebook.

This is the second part of our three-part Triduum celebration. To engage in the service at hom e please prepare a cross or crucifix. 

During this celebration, listen to John's Passion account, the most theologically rich and complex story of Jesus's passion. We pray our Solemn General Intercessions in an ancient traditional format. 

Finally, we worship and adore the wood of the cross, on which hung the Savior of the World. 
Holy Saturday 

8:00 AM Morning Prayer via Zoom

Begin your Holy Saturday in prayer, with an interactive celebration of Morning Prayer with songs, psalms and prayers. Sam Sweeney is our cantor and members of the Choir of Hope will lead music. 


Saturday April 11

8:00 PM Solemn Easter Vigil in the Holy Night via Facebook

This is final part of our three-part Triduum celebration. Please prepare a candle with matches; bells or keys; and a bowl of water at home with you.

This Mass is the highlight of the Church's year. We share the Easter fire with one another and listen to the sing of the Easter Proclamation (the Exsultet). We hear three readings from the Old Testament and two from the New Testament which speak to baptism and new life. After a 40-day Lenten absence, we sing Alleluia and the Gloria again. We bless water and we renew our own baptismal promises, before we are sprinkled with water. Finally, we share our Easter Eucharist. 


Easter Sunday: 
Sunday April 12
 
8:30 AM Mass,  5:00 PM Mass (español) &  7:00 PM Mass 

The Triduum concludes with the Easter Sunday celebration of the Eucharist! Prepare a bowl of water at home ahead of time. 
We continue this 
50-day celebration for 
the next seven weeks 
of the Easter Season, concluding with Pentecost on                    Sunday, May 31! 

Pay attention, therefore, to the sacred three days of the Crucified, Buried and Resurrected One. 
Of these three the Cross is the one whose meaning we realize in the present life, 
while the Burial and the Resurrection signify 
something we believe and hope for.

- Saint Augustine Of Hippo (Fifth century)

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