The LENT-EASTER Cycle.pptx

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The LENT-EASTER
Cycle
Our ascent
to the mountain
of Easter
John Benedict Encio

TO
BECOME A
NEW
CREATION
The Easter
Journey

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Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship
Circular Letter
Paschale
Solemnitatis
on the
Preparation and Celebration
of the Easter Feasts
January 16, 1988

Concerning the Easter cycle…
“Just as the week has its beginning
and climax in the celebration of
Sunday, which always has a
paschal character, so the summit of
the whole liturgical year is in the
sacred Easter Triduum of the
Passion and Resurrection of the
Lord, which is prepared for by the
period of Lent and prolonged for
fifty days.”
[PS, n. 2]
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3 phases
of the Easter Feast
 Preparation: LENT
 Celebration: EASTER TRIDUUM
 Prolongation: 50-DAY EASTER

General Norms
on the
Liturgical Year
and
Calendar

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II. The Yearly Cycle
17. By means of the yearly cycle
the Church celebrates the
whole mystery of Christ, from
his incarnation until the day of
Pentecost and the expectation
of his coming again.

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GNLYC: I. Easter Triduum
18. Christ redeemed us all and gave perfect glory to
God principally through his paschal mystery:
dying he destroyed our death and rising he
restored our life. Therefore the Easter triduum of
the passion and resurrection of Christ is the
culmination of the entire liturgical year. Thus the
solemnity of Easter has the same kind of
preeminence in the liturgical year that Sunday
has in the week.

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19. The Easter triduum begins with the
evening Mass of the Lord's Supper,
reaches its high point in the Easter
Vigil, and closes with Evening Prayer
on Easter Sunday.
20. On Good Friday and, if possible,
also on Holy Saturday until the
Easter Vigil, the Easter fast is
observed everywhere.

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21. The Easter Vigil, during the holy night
when Christ rose from the dead, ranks
as the "the mother of all vigils."
Keeping watch, the Church awaits
Christ's resurrection and celebrates it
in the sacraments. Accordingly, the
entire celebration of this vigil should
take place at night, that is, should
either begin after nightfall or end
before the dawn of Sunday.

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GNLYC: II. Easter Season
22. The fifty days from Easter
Sunday to Pentecost are
celebrated in joyful exultation
as one feast day, or better as
one "great Sunday."
These above all others are the
days for the singing of the
Alleluia.

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23. The Sundays of this season rank as the
paschal Sundays and, after Easter Sunday
itself, are called the Second, Third,
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Sundays
of Easter. The period of fifty sacred days
ends on Pentecost Sunday.
24. The first eight days of the Easter season
make up the octave of Easter and are
celebrated as solemnities of the Lord.

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25. On the fortieth day after Easter the
Ascension is celebrated, except in
places where, not being a holyday of
obligation, it has been transferred to
the Seventh Sunday of Easter.
26. The weekdays after the Ascension
until the Saturday before Pentecost
inclusive are a preparation for the
coming of the Holy Spirit.

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GNLYC: III. Lent
27. Lent is a preparation for the celebration of
Easter. For the Lenten liturgy disposes both
catechumens and the faithful to celebrate the
paschal mystery: catechumens, through the
several stages of Christian initiation; the faithful,
through reminders of their own baptism and
through penitential practices.
28. Lent runs from Ash Wednesday until the Mass of
the Lord's Supper exclusive. The Alleluias not
used from the beginning of Lent until the Easter
Vigil.

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29. On Ash Wednesday, a universal
day of fast, ashes are distributed.
30. The Sundays of this season are
called the First, Second, Third,
Fourth, and Fifth Sundays of Lent.
The Sixth Sunday, which marks the
beginning of Holy Week, is called
Passion Sunday (Palm Sunday).

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31. Holy Week has as its purpose the
remembrance of Christ's passion,
beginning with his Messianic
entrance into Jerusalem.
At the chrism Mass on Holy Thursday
morning the bishop,
concelebrating Mass with his body
of priests, blesses the oils and
consecrates the chrism.

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Pope Leo the Great [440-461]
The Church rejoices in the
great love of the Father!... The
whole Church rejoices in the
forgiveness not only of those
who are then reborn in holy
baptism but also of those who
are already numbered among
God’s adopted children!

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Pope Leo the Great [440-461]
In response to this great
love, what a Christian has
been doing at all times
should be done now with
greater intensity and
devotion.

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First Preface
for Lent:
 “Each year you give us this
joyful season when we
celebrate the paschal mystery
with mind and heart
renewed. You give us a spirit
of loving reverence for you,
our God, and of willing
service to our neighbor. As
we recall the great events
that gave us new life in Christ,
you bring the image of your
Son to perfection within us.”

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Lent, indeed, possesses a joyful character;
but the joy that belongs to this season is
different from that of the Christmas season
and even from that of Easter itself to which
Lent is oriented and for which it prepares.
It is a restrained kind of joy, in view of a more
profuse rejoicing when the Easter feast itself
arrives.

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St. Benedict
The restraint that characterizes Lent
is a way of :
“awaiting Holy Easter with the joy of
spiritual desire” (Chapter 49: 7) for which
his monks are to “deny [their bodies]
some food, some drink, some sleep, some
chatter, some joking.”

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Lenten Preface IV
before the Vatican II reform, was the
preface used all throughout the
Lenten Season
speaks of this forward-upward-
looking restraint that characterizes
the liturgy during this preparatory
period:

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Preface for Lent IV
“Through our bodily
fasting you correct our
faults and raise up our
minds.”

The fasting of the body,
including the eyes and the
ears, is not a punishment but
a remedy, a healing, a
liberation!
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Thomas Merton’s
meditation on Lent…
“There is joy in the salutary fasting and abstinence of
Christians who eat and drink less in order that their
minds may be more clear and receptive to receive
the sacred nourishment of God’s word which the
whole Church announces and meditates upon in
each day’s liturgy throughout Lent… In laying upon
us the light cross of ashes, the Church desires to
take off our shoulders all other heavy burdens—the
crushing load of worry and obsessive guilt, the dead
weight of our own self-love.”

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Paschale Solemnitatis
“The annual observance
of Lent is the special
season for the ascent to
the holy mountain of
Easter. Through its
twofold theme of
repentance and
baptism, the season of
Lent disposes both the
catechumens and the
faithful to celebrate the
Paschal Mystery.”

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While Lent prepares catechumens to
receive the sacrament of Baptism, it
also leads the baptized to the
Sacrament of Penance that liberates
from sin, restores baptismal
innocence, and brings us to
reconciliation with God and with the
community!

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For most of us then who have
been baptized years ago, the
purpose of Lent is, as pointed out
by Pope St. Leo, to bring us back
to that intensity of faith and
devotion that has its origin in
baptism.

WHAT IS
THE LENTEN PHASE
OF THE EASTER
JOURNEY
LIKE?

Opening Prayer
Grant, O Lord,
that we may begin with holy fasting
this campaign of Christian service,
so that as we take up the battle
against spiritual evils,
we may be armed with weapons
of self-restraint.
Through our Lord.

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Blessing
and Imposition of

Blessing
and Imposition of Ashes
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O God who are moved by acts of humility
and respond with forgiveness to works of penance,
lend your merciful ear to our prayers,
and in your kindness pour out the grace
of your + blessing
on your servants who are marked with these ashes,
that as they follow the Lenten observances,
they may be worthy to come with minds made pure
to celebrate the paschal mystery of your Son.
Through Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.

Blessing
and Imposition of Ashes
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O God, who desire not the death of sinners,
but their conversion,
mercifully hear our prayers,
and in your kindness be pleased
to bless + these ashes,
which we intend to receive upon our heads,
that we, who acknowledge we are but ashes
and shall return to dust,
may, through a steadfast observance of Lent,
gain pardon for sins and newness of life
after the likeness of your Risen Son.
Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
R. Amen.

Prayer over the Gifts
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As we solemnly offer
the annual sacrifice for the beginning
of Lent,
we entreat you, O Lord,
that through works of penance and charity,
we may turn away from harmful pleasures,
and cleansed from our sins, may become worthy
to celebrate devoutly the Passion of your Son.
Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
R. Amen.

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On our ascent to Easter,
the lectionary for the
Sundays of Lent
provides
complementary journeys.
Our Lenten journey cont

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In the three cycles of readings (A, B,
and, C:
 the Gospel passages of the first two Sundays
present the classical episodes of Jesus’
temptation in the desert and his
transfiguration on the mountain,
respectively according to Matthew (Year A),
Mark (B), and Luke (C).
 have been read for Lent since the time of
St. Leo the Great in the 5th century.

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 the dual face of participation in the
Paschal Mystery of death and
resurrection:
conversion and hearing the Word of
God.
 two paths or elements of participation in
the Paschal Mystery
 are also the content of the formula that
accompanies the imposition of ashes on
Ash Wednesday that comes just before
the First Sunday of Lent: “Turn away from
sin and believe in the Gospel!”

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In the other three Sundays that
precede Palm Sunday of the
Lord’s Passion, the Lectionary
offers three diverse but
complementary paths that guide
us towards the celebration of
Easter…

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The 3rd, 4th, and 5th Sundays
of Cycle A
emphasize the aspect of
Lent
as a BAPTISMAL JOURNEY.

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3rd, 4th, and 5th Sundays of
Cycle B
calls our attention
to the PASCHAL JOURNEY OF
JESUS.
By Baptism, Jesus shared with
us this PASCHAL JOURNEY.

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The 3rd, 4th, and 5th Sundays
of Cycle C
emphasize the aspect of
Lent as a PENITENTIAL
JOURNEY.
 unfolds a catechesis on SIN, PENANCE, AND
RECONCILIATION – a theme that finds its
culmination in the celebration of Easter which is
the supreme sign of our reconciliation with the
Father.

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The Lectionary Readings
for Lent guide and
accompany the faithful
in a sacramental journey
towards the peak
celebration of the
Paschal Mystery at
Easter.

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It is a journey of entering
into and coming to an
ever deepening
immersion into the
Paschal Mystery
celebrated.

First Sunday:
 Gen 2:7-9; 3:1-7 The creation of our first
parents, and sin.
 Rom 5:12-19 Just as through the
disobedience of the one
man the many were made
sinners, so through the
obedience of the one, the
many will be made
righteous.
 Mt 4:1-11 The Temptation of Jesus

Second Sunday:
 Gen 12:1-4a,17-18 The call of Abraham, the
father of God’s people
 2Tim 1:8b-10 God has saved us and
called us to be holy.
 Mt 17:1-9 The Transfiguration of
Jesus

Third Sunday:
 Exodus 17:3-17 Give us water so that we may
drink.
 Rom 5:1-2, 5-8 The love of God has been
poured out into our hearts
through the Holy Spirit that
has been given to us.
 Jn 4:5-42 The Samaritan Woman: The
water that I shall give will
become a spring of
eternal life.

Fourth Sunday:
 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a
David anointed as king of Israel
 Eph 5:8-14 Arise from the dead and Christ
will give you light.
 Jn 9:1-41 The Man Born Blind: The man
who was blind went off and
washed himself and came back
able to see.

Fifth Sunday:
 Ez 37:12-14 I will put my spirit in you
that you may live
 Rom 8:8-11 The Spirit of the one who
raised Jesus from
the dead dwells in you.
 Jn 11:1-45 I am the resurrection and
the Life

PASSION SUNDAY (Palm Sunday)
 A. Gospel before the Procession:
Mt 21:1-11 Entry into Jerusalem
 B. Mass:
Isaiah 50:4-7 Servant of the Lord
Phil 2:6-11 He emptied himself
Mt 26:14-27:66 The Passion of Christ

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The euchological texts
especially the collects and
the prefaces, in great part,
correspond to the
lectionary themes.

THE
HOLY WEEK
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The Holy We

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As Holy Week begins, we
continue our ascent up the
holy mountain of Easter,
this time, closer to the
summit.

PASSION (PALM)
SUNDAY
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Passion Sunday
Commemoratio
n of the
Lord’s
Entrance into

“Passion (or Palm) Sunday joins the
foretelling of Christ’s regal triumph
and the proclamation of the Passion.
The connection between both aspects
of the Paschal Mystery should be
shown and explained in the
celebration and catechesis of this
day.”
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PS, n. 28; cf. Ceremonial of Bishops, n. 263

Some particular points:
The commemoration of the entrance of
the Lord into Jerusalem has, according to
ancient custom, been celebrated with a
solemn procession, in which the faithful in
song and gesture imitate the Hebrew
children who went to meet the Lord
singing "Hosanna." (PS n. 29)
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To begin the Commemoration of the
Lord’s Entrance into Jerusalem, the
Sacramentary provides the following
antiphon which should be set into
music.
Hosanna to the Son of David,
the King of Israel.
Blessed is he who comes in the name
of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest. (Mt 21:9)
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It is an acclamation to Christ as King! It is
a song of joyful welcome in the manner of
the Hebrew children. What melody,
rhythm, and tempo does it evoke? The
music should express that child-like joy
suggested by the texts—light, gleeful.
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Hosanna to the Son of David,
the King of Israel.
Blessed is he who comes in the name
of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest. (Mt 21:9)

During the procession, the choir and
people should sing the chants proposed in
the Roman Missal, especially Psalms 23
and 46, as well as other appropriate songs
in honor of Christ the King (PS 32).
Again, the Sacramentary provides texts for
antiphons that may be repeated between
verses of Psalms 23 and 46.
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It also suggests other hymns in honor of
Christ the King, such as All Glory, Laud,
and Honor, written by Bishop Theodulph
of Orleans around the year 800.
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The passion narrative occupies a
special place.
It should be sung or read in the
traditional way, that is, by three
persons who take the parts of
Christ, the narrator and the
people.
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Even when the proclamation involves
several persons, it should not sound like a
passion play.
The music is intended to make more
effective the proclamation of this most
sacred Passion of the Lord-- solemn yet
simple, enunciating the text more clearly
not obscuring it.
It is better to read it clearly than to sing it
unintelligibly.
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The Gospel acclamation
its text is Phil. 2:8-9
a proclamation of Christ’s “kenosis,”
speaks of the Paschal Mystery of Christ in
its entirety—from death to glorification:
“Christ became obedient to the point
of death, even death on a cross.
Because of this, God greatly exalted
him and bestowed on him the name
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The Responsorial Psalm
Christ’s cry of anguish on the Cross using
Psalm 22: “My God, my God, why have
you abandoned me?”
It suggests a music that is intense,
expressing pain and anguish, but not too
dramatic, and evoking an upward
movement.
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EASTER TRIDUUM
OF THE
CRUCIFIED, BURIED,
AND RISEN LORD

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With the Easter
Triduum, we have
arrived at the
summit!

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Paschale
Solemnitatis
n. 38
« The greatest mysteries of redemption
are celebrated yearly by the Church
beginning with the evening Mass of the
Lord's Supper on Holy Thursday until
Vespers of Easter Sunday. This time is
called "the triduum of the crucified,
buried and risen"; it is also called the
"Easter Triduum" because during it is
celebrated the Paschal Mystery, that is,
the passing of the Lord from this world to
his Father. The Church by the celebration
of this mystery, through liturgical signs
and sacramentals, is united to Christ her
Spouse in intimate communion. »

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EVENING MASS OF THE
LORD’S SUPPER

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Paschale
Solemnitatis
n. 44
« With the celebration of Mass on the
evening of Holy Thursday "the Church
begins the Easter Triduum, and recalls
the Last Supper, in which the Lord
Jesus, on the night he was betrayed,
showing his love for those who were
his own in the world, he gave his body
and blood under the species of bread
and wine offering to his Father and
giving them to the Apostles so that
they might partake of them, and he
commanded them and their successors
in the priesthood to perpetuate this
offering." »
Ceremonial of Bishops n. 297

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Paschale
Solemnitatis
n. 44
Ceremonial of Bishops n. 297
Careful attention should be
given to the mysteries which are
commemorated in this Mass:
the institution of the Eucharist
the institution of the
priesthood
Christ's command of brotherly
love.

The ENTRANCE CHANT
expresses the unity of the Paschal Mystery
in the three-day celebration that begins
this evening:
“We should glory in the cross of
our Lord Jesus Christ, for he is
our salvation, our life and our
resurrection; through him we are
saved and made free” (cf. Gal 6:14).
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Opening Prayer
God our Father,
we are gathered here to share in the
supper
which your only Son left to his Church
to reveal his love.
He gave it to us when he was about to
die
and commanded us to celebrate it as
the new and eternal sacrifice.
We pray that in this eucharist
we may find the fullness of love and
life.
Grant this through our Lord Jesus
Christ, your Son…

The First Reading (Ex. 12:1-8, 11-14: the
prescriptions concerning the Passover
Meal), the Second Reading (1 Cor 11:23-
26: Paul’s account of the institution of the
Last Supper), and the Responsorial Psalm
highlight the first and second of the three
mysteries celebrated on this night: the
institution of the Eucharist and that of the
Priesthood!
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THE READINGS

The RESPONSORIAL PSALM
takes its antiphon from 1 Cor
10:16: “Our blessing-cup is a
communion in the Blood of
Christ.”
The verses are from Psalm 116, a
psalm of thanksgiving.
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How important it is indeed
 to proclaim the great truth that
the Eucharist is our communion
in the Blood of Christ and
to express the Church’s
gratitude for the two great
Sacraments with which God
continues to nourish his people
of the Covenant!
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THE WASHING OF THE FEET
represents the service and charity
of Christ, who came "not to be
served, but to serve”.
This tradition should be
maintained, and its proper
significance explained (PS, n. 51).
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PRESENTATION OF THE GIFTS
This evening’s celebration is the only place
in the Roman Missal where the text to
accompany the presentation of the gifts is
provided: “Ubi caritas est vera, Deus
ibi est.”
 Gifts for the poor, especially those collected
during Lent as the fruit of penance, may be
presented in the offertory procession, while the
people sing "Ubi caritas est vera" (PS, n.
52; cf. Caeremoniale Episcoporum, n. 303).
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 This text clearly flows from the action just
ended—the Washing of the Feet—and the New
Commandment of Love which is meant to be
illustrated by said action.
This is the other mystery celebrated at
this evening’s liturgy!
 The music for this text should facilitate a
sustained meditation on the preceding action
and inspire a genuine and meaningful gesture of
charity in the faithful either as they process to
offer their gifts or as they remain in their seats.
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In the Philippines, there is a composition
by Fr. E. Hontiveros which is a setting for
“Ubi caritas” – “Dakilang Pag-ibig saan
man manahan…”
but like my comment on “Kaibigan,
Kapanalig,” it might not have the impact
that it should have because it has not been
reserved for this evening’s celebration.
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Prayer over the Gifts
Grant us, O Lord, we pray,
that we may participate worthily in
these mysteries,
for whenever the memorial of this
sacrifice is celebrated
the work of our redemption is
accomplished.
Through Christ our Lord.

TRANSFER OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST
 After the post-Communion prayer, the
procession forms.
 The Blessed Sacrament, accompanied by lighted
candles and incense, is carried through the
church to the place of reservation, to the singing
of the hymn "Pange lingua" (except the last two
stanzas) or some other Eucharistic song (PS, n.
54).
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The last two stanzas (Tantum
ergo sacramentum and Genitori
Genitoque) are sung when the
procession arrives at the place of
the reposition.
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GOOD FRIDAY:
CELEBRATION
OF THE LORD’S PASSION

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Paschale
Solemnitatis
n. 58
On this day, when "Christ
our passover was
sacrificed," (1 Cor 5:7) the
Church meditates on the
passion of her Lord and
Spouse, adores the cross,
commemorates her origin
from the side of Christ
asleep on the cross, and
intercedes for the salvation
of the whole world.

The liturgy of Good Friday begins and
ends in silence. A full prayerful
silence is observed by all helped by
the presider’s reverence of the altar
and prostration. The Opening Prayer
is prayed without the usual invitation
“Let us pray”.
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OPENING PRAYER
Lord,
by the suffering of Christ your Son
you have saved us all from death
we inherited from sinful Adam.
By the law of nature
we have borne the likeness of his
manhood.
May the sanctifying power of grace
help us to put on the likeness of
our Lord in heaven,
who lives and reigns for ever and
ever.

At the heart of this day’s
celebration is the proclamation of
the Passion according to John which
in the structure of the Fourth
Gospel belongs to the Book of Glory.
 Jn 18:1-19:42
This proclamation suggests that the
dominant motif of the day is the
Passion whose keynote is GLORY.
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First Reading
Is 52:13-53:12
“It was our infirmities he bore,
our sufferings that he endured.
He was pierced for our offenses,
crushed for our sins.
By his stripes we were healed.”
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Father,
into
your
hands
I
commen
d my
spirit!
Responsorial Psalm

Second Reading
Heb 4:14-16; 5:7-9
“Son though he was,
Jesus learned obedience from
what he suffered
and when he was made perfect,
he became the source of
salvation
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GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
 the same as that of Passion Sunday—the
“kenosis” of Christ from Phil. 2:8-9 which
proclaims the Paschal Mystery in its entirety.
“Christ became obedient to the point of
death,
even death on a Cross.
Because of this, God greatly exalted
him
and bestowed on him the name above
every other name.”
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This is one of the special features that set
apart the Good Friday liturgy from all
others, implying that the General
Intercessions takes on a particular
significance at this liturgy:
the various intentions signify clearly
the universal effect of the passion of
Christ, who hung on the cross for the
salvation of the whole world.
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GENERAL INTERCESSIONS

VENERATION OF THE CROSS
During the veneration of the cross the
antiphons, "Reproaches," and hymns
should be sung, so that the history of
salvation be commemorated through
song.[Micah 6:3-4]; other appropriate
songs may also be sung.
PS, n. 69
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As the Cross is
uncovered in three
steps; each time,
the invitation to
worship is chanted
by the presider in
progressively rising
pitch: “This is the
wood of the
cross, on which
is hung the
Savior of the
world.” Each time,
too, the people
respond “Come,
let us worship.”
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We worship
you,Lord,
we venerate your
cross,
we praise your
resurrection.
Through the cross
your brought joy
to the world.
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We worship
you,Lord,
we venerate your
cross,
we praise your
resurrection.
Through the cross
your brought joy
to the world.
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We worship you
and we bless
you, Lord, for
by your holy
Cross you have
redeemed
the world!
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HOLY COMMUNION
 The Sacramentary does not provide a
Communion Antiphon; it recommends, however,
that an appropriate song may be sung for
communion.
 Words that speak of the glorious passion and
death of the Lord whose saving effect we are
able to partake of through the Eucharist will be
ideal lyrics for a communion song set in a
melody that is consistent with the somber mood
of this afternoon’s celebration.
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The absence of a Communion
antiphon may also be a cue that
silence is an appropriate option
to accompany the communion at
this celebration.
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Almighty and
eternal God,
you have restored
us to life
by the triumphant
death and
resurrection of
Christ.
Continue his healing
work within us.
May we who
participate
in this mystery
never cease to
serve you.
We ask this
Prayer

This is the
night
when Jesus
Christ
broke the
chains
of death
and rose
triumphant
from the
grave!

Christ yesterday and today,
the beginning and the end,
Alpha and Omega; all time
belongs to him and all the
ages! To him be glory and
power through every age for
ever. Amen.
He is risen!
He is our
light!

Christ our
Light!
R. Thanks be to God!

This is the
night
when Jesus
Christ broke
the chains
of death
and rose
triumphant
from the
grave!
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Liturgy of the Word
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Israel’s deliverance from Egypt

Letter of Paul to the Romans
We were indeed
buried with him
through baptism
into death, so
that, just as
Christ was
raised from the
dead by he glory
of the Father,

Gospel:
Proclamation of the glorious
resurrection of the Lord

We ask
you,
Father,
with your
Son to
send the
Holy Spirit
upon the
waters of
this font.

Baptism
:
children
are born
to the
Church!

Baptism:
to live in
the
freedom
of the
children
of God!

“Why
do you
seek
the
living
One
among
the
dead?”

Easter Sunday
Acts 10:37-43 We ate and drank
with him after he rose
from the dead
Col 3:1-4 Seek what is above, where
Christ is.
John 20:1-9 The Empty Tomb; He had
to rise from the dead.

Second Sunday of Easter
Acts 2:42-47 All who believed were
together and had all things
in common.
1 Pt 1:3-9 God has given us new birth to a
living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from
the dead.
John 20:19-31 Jesus appears to his
disciples & Thomas.

Third Sunday of Easter:
Acts 2:14, 22-33 The testimony of Peter: It was
impossible for Jesus to be held by
death.
1 Pt 1:17-21 You were saved with the precious
Blood of Christ, as with a spotless,
unblemished lamb.
Lk 24:13-35 They recognized Jesus in the
breaking of bread.

“Did not our hearts burn inside us as he
explained to us the Scripture?”
And they recognized him in the
breaking of the bread!

Fourth Sunday of Easter
Acts 2:14a, 36-41 God has made Jesus
both Lord and
Christ.
1 Pt 2:20b-25 You have returned to the
shepherd and guardian of
your souls.
John 10:1-10 I am the gate for the
sheep.

Fifth Sunday of Easter
Acts 6:1-7 They chose seven men
filled with the Spirit.
1 Pt 2:4-9 You are a chosen race, a
royal priesthood.
John 14:1-12 I am the WAY, the TRUTH,
and the LIFE.

Sixth Sunday of Easter:
Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 Peter and John laid
hands on them, and they
received the Holy Spirit.
1 Pt 3:15-18 Put to death in the flesh,
Christ was raised to life in
the Spirit.
John 14:15-21 I will ask the Father and he will
give you another Advocate.

Seventh Sunday of Easter:
Ascension of the Lord
Acts 1:1-11 Promise of the Spirit
& Ascension of Jesus
Ephesians 1:17-23 Jesus is seated at the
right hand of the Father
Mt 28:16-20 All power in heaven and
on earth has been given
to me.

in heaven
and on
earth has
been
given to
me. Go
therefore
and make
disciples
of all
nations!

Pentecost Sunday:
Acts 2:1-11 They were filled with
the Holy Spirit.
1 Cor 12:3-7,12-13 In one Spirit we
were all baptized.
John 20:19-23 Receive the Holy
Spirit.

At the end of our Paschal Journey with
the Risen Lord, can we say that we
have indeed grown in our personal
relationship with the Lord?
After we have been immersed in the
Words and in the Sacraments of the
Risen Lord, do we know him a little bit
more, love him more deeply, and are
we more resolved to follow his will in
our lives?

...
until
we
reach
the
fullne
ss of
Christ

meaningful
and
fruitful
celebration
of the
Lord’s
Pasch!
Happy
Easter!!

IN THE SERVICE OF
THE GREAT
MYSTERY!!!
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