Fra Angelico “Resurrection” (one of many he did!)
He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!
Happy Easter everyone!
Patty had a very good easter…. (her first!)
When she wasn’t giving her oldest brother the Glare of Death for waking her up….
Apparently he made a VERY LOUD NOISE that WOKE UP THE PRINCESS. She was not pleased.
Whether you were back in church, or watched from home, I hope that you had a joyous Easter Day—which in the Catholic Church is still continuing—and that you remember to celebrate the Resurrection for fifty days!
Easter is a season! Living liturgically is a great gift and I want us all to make the best of it by actually living the liturgy!
So after 40 days of fasting and penance, we have 50 days of party!
I was so glad to get back to church.
Holy Thursday is one of my favorite Masses of the year.
Before Holy Thursday Mass—the beginning of the Triduum, the holiest three days of the year.
We didn’t have the washing of the feet this year—I’m wondering if that had to do with COVID stuff—but it was beautiful Mass, especially the singing of the Tantum Ergo, which is special to Dominicans anyway because it was written by St. Thomas Aquinas (OP).
There’s also adoration after the Mass in the “place of repose”—where the Sacrament is taken out of the main church to another room. My parish had adoration until 10 PM. I went home well before that, said compline, and then read Jesus’ “great and final discourse” from the Gospel of John (John 14-17) .
Good Friday my parish had two services, one t 3 PM and one at 7. It’s. service, not a Mass, because there’s no sacrifice of the Mass on Good Friday. The priest consecrated enough hosts on Thursday for Thursday and Friday.
The fourth Station of the Cross: Jesus Meets His Mother
Since I was born on Good Friday I really love Good Friday service. I hope that next year I’ll be reading the First Reading from Isaiah at the service!
After Good Friday Mass I go home and watch The Passion of the Christ. The rest of the day is pretty quiet and I try to go to bed early.
On Holy Saturday there is no Mass until the Vigil, which I attended with my parents. It started at 8:30 and we were out by about 10:45, which led to the annual blasting of the Hallelujah Chorus:
WHEWWW!
And then yesterday my parents went out and had dinner together. And I got lots of cute pictures of Patty and her siblings!
(And Patty is CRAWLING NOW!)
So that was my Holy Week. How was yours? Let me know!
I am so, so, SO glad to be back at Mass. Have I mentioned that?