Be Blessed in Holy Week
- Thursday 28 March: 19.00 Mass of the Lord’s Supper
- Friday 29 March: Walk of Witness with Stations of the Cross (SF) at 10.00, Stations of the Cross (SH) 12.00
- Friday 29 March: 15.00 Good Friday Service (SH)
- Saturday 30 March: 19.00 Easter Vigil Mass
- Sunday 31 March: 09.00 Easter Sunday Mass (SF)
Sunday 31 March: 10.30 Easter Sunday Mass (SH)
So we are on the verge of Holy Week, which, liturgically, is the richest in the whole Church year. What are we going to make of it? How are we going to be blessed by the opportunities of grace that it provides?
Of course on one level, the great liturgies are acts of remembrance. We will recall the Last Supper with its Institution of the Eucharist, the Passion and Death of Our Lord on Good Friday, and then his Resurrection at the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday Masses.
But what we are doing is more than remembrance. Jesus’ sacrifice on Calvary still has power to save from sin and death in 2024. Every Mass makes that sacrifice present again. The Sacraments continue to be channels of grace. The week provides opportunities to grow in faith.
On Good Friday, we venerate the Cross. This year, as you do so, why not commit your cause to the Lord. This could be a burden you are carrying, a particular intention that you are praying about, or a grace you wish to receive.
Simply offer it at the foot of the Cross for the Lord to deal with. Be confident, because the Resurrection victory has already been won.
God Bless,
Fr Kevin