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Holy Week
By frjeff | March 12, 2008
Holy Week
- Palm Sunday - Liturgy of the Palms & Holy Eucharist - March 16, 10 am - On Palm Sunday we re-enact Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem with the waving of palm branches. The Gospel takes us through the events leading up to Jesus’s crucifixion and we end in a somber tone as we enter Holy Week
- Maundy Thursday - Holy Eucharist with Footwashing - March 20, 7 pm - The name Maundy Thursday comes from the Latin word mandatum (mandate) and refers to John 13:34: “a new commandment I give to you, that you love one another.” The liturgy commemorates the Last Supper. Two distinct features of the liturgy are 1) the shared ministry of foot washing, recalling the ministry of Jesus to his disciples on the eve of his death, and 2) the ceremonial stripping of the altar, preparing for the barrenness of Good Friday. It is our tradition at St. Brendan’s to share our bounty with others who are suffering during Holy Week. The Maundy Thursday plate income and designated checks will go to Hands on Housing.
- Prayer Vigil - follows Maundy Thursday service. The Maundy Thursday “watch” is a tradition of prayer based on the story in which Jesus, having asked his disciples to “stay awake with me” in the Garden of Gethsemane, finds them sleeping. In Matthew’s gospel, we are told that after finding them, “Jesus said to Peter, ‘So, could you not stay awake with me one hour? Stay awake and pray that you may not come into the time of trial; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.’” Our watch extends from the end of the Maundy Thursday service until the Good Friday service for any who wish to share in this opportunity for prayer and reflection. Sign up is not necessary; the chapel will be open for you to keep watch for an hour.
- Good Friday - Good Friday Liturgy - March 21, 7 pm - This Liturgy is a continuation of Maundy Thursday, continuing the commemoration as we re-enact and participate in the drama, culminating in death, which Christ endured in Jerusalem. The mood of the Church during this time is somber, repentant, and desolate.
- Easter Sunday - A festive Eucharist celebrates the Resurrection on March 23 at Sunrise - 6 am
