The Paschal Triduum begins with the
Evening Mass In Cena Domini on Holy Thursday, continues through
the Friday of the Lord's Passion, reaches its summit in the Solemn Paschal
Vigil, and comes to a close with Sunday Vespers of the Lord's Resurrection - a full three days - evening Thursday through evening
Sunday (According to the General Norms for the Liturgical
Year and the Calendar)
HOLY
THURSDAY
Institution of the
Sacraments of Holy Eucharist and Holy Orders
“Consider, on your knees, the mystery of God’s love for us, that He didn't want to leave us orphans. … For Christ knew our hunger for Himself. He knew that we would be walking around in the darkness of a thousand wars and miseries throughout this life. …
This is Holy
Thursday. This is when the Christ we are talking about took an
ordinary piece of bread and a little wine and changed it into His Body and His
Blood. … Remember this day always, year after year: the day of
Christ’s infinite love, when He went away and yet He remained, in Bread and
Wine, and in the priest. …
In
His immense love, Christ chose men who would have His hands and His
feet, in whom He could walk, in whom He could forgive sins, who could lift Him
up, who could give us the sacrament of the Most Holy Eucharist – the Bread and
Wine, which He said makes for everlasting life! The incredible love of
God is visible to us! ..."
Catherine de Hueck
Doherty
"Without the priest, the passion and death of our Lord
would be of no avail. It is the priest who continues
the work of redemption here on
earth...
Leave a
parish for twenty years without a
priest and
they will end
by worshipping the
beasts there...
The priest is not
a priest for
himself,
he is a priest for
you."
"O, how great is the
priest!...
If he realized what he
is, he would die."
St John Vianney
Pray, pray, pray for our priests!
They rely on our prayers!
They rely on our prayers!
As Father
John Hardon, S.J., once said, “praying and offering God sacrifices for the
priesthood are indispensably important,” because “there is no Catholic Church
without the priesthood.”
Prayer for Priests
(St Charles Borremeo)
(St Charles Borremeo)
O holy Mother of God, pray for the priests your Son has chosen to serve
the Church. Help them, by your intercession, to be holy, zealous, and chaste.
Make them models of virtue in the service of God’s people.
Help them be pious in meditation, efficacious in preaching, and zealous
in the daily offering of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
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