1/4/12 – Easter Sunday Evening Prayer

The Easter Triduum begins on Holy Thursday evening with the Mass of the Lord’s Supper.  The liturgical celebration of the Triduum continues with the Celebration of the Passion of the Lord on Good Friday and reaches its high point with the Easter Vigil on Saturday evening. The liturgical celebration of the Easter Triduum then continues … Continue reading 1/4/12 – Easter Sunday Evening Prayer

8/5/11 – The Easter Season

We are now one week into the Season of Easter.  Such is the joy of the resurrection that we spend fifty days celebrating the passing over of Christ from death to new life. Our Introductory Rites during the Easter season focus on the Rite of Sprinkling Holy Water.  For us as Catholics, we believe that … Continue reading 8/5/11 – The Easter Season

20/5/07 – The Easter Season: A Time for Initiation

  This week we celebrate the Confirmation of more than forty of our young parishioners. As we near the end of the Easter season, we complete it as we began at the Easter Vigil, with our parish reveling in the joy of sacramental initiation. I’d like to share with you today some of what I … Continue reading 20/5/07 – The Easter Season: A Time for Initiation

15/4/07 – Rite of Sprinkling Holy Water during Easter

Our celebration of the Easter Triduum has now ended, but the Easter Season is certainly not over! The Easter Season is fifty days in length. After spending forty days preparing for Easter, we have seven weeks to rejoice in the great miracle of the resurrection. We have until Pentecost to celebrate how we are blessed … Continue reading 15/4/07 – Rite of Sprinkling Holy Water during Easter