On Palm Sunday, we were introduced to the most holy week of our liturgical year. Tomorrow, beginning with Holy Thursday, we enter in the holy days of the Triduum during Holy Week. The three days of the Triduum are not separate liturgies, but that actually comprise one seamless commemoration.
At the end of Mass on Holy Thursday, we are not dismissed and there is no final blessing. At the end of Holy Thursday, the priest reposes the blessed sacrament, taking it out of the tabernacle and placing it in a respectful location. After adoring the blessed sacrament for a time on Thursday evening, the priest simply withdraws and the people depart one by one as they feel called to depart after their time of adoration.
Then, on Good Friday, our liturgy does not have an introduction or a conclusion since it is part of the same liturgy that began on Holy Thursday, the previous day.
In addition, the Easter Vigil Mass has no formal opening. Easter Vigil is a continuation and a conclusion of the liturgy that began on Holy Thursday evening. At the conclusion of the Easter Vigil, the dismissal is announced and the final blessing is bestowed upon the people. With that blessing at the end of the Easter Vigil Mass, the Church concludes its liturgical observance of the highest holy days of her year: the Triduum.
We invite you to the celebration of the Triduum at St Jude this year.
Holy Thursday Mass - 6:00 pm
Good Friday
Stations of the Cross - Noon
Good Friday liturgy - 6:00 pm
Good Friday liturgy in Spanish - 8:00 pm
Easter Vigil Mass - 8:00 pm
Easter Masses
8:00 am, 11:00 and 4:00 pm in English in the church
1:00 pm in Spanish
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