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Show CATHOLIC CHURCH PLANS HOLY WEEK, EASTERJERVICES The beautiful liturgy of the Church will be carried out during dur-ing Holy Week and Easter Sunday. Sun-day. There are perhaps no more beautiful and more significant services than those of Holy Week and Easter. For two weeks prior to Easter the church puts on purple to mourn and commemorate commemor-ate the Passion and Death of Our Lord. On Holy Thursday, however, how-ever, she departs from her mourning mourn-ing to celebrate the institution of the Holy Eucharist by Our Lord. The institution took place at the Last Supper which Our Lord celebrated cel-ebrated with His Apostles on the eve of His death upon the Cross. Then on Good Friday the Church is in her deepest mourning to commemorate Our Lord's Death. Easter Sunday the Church celebrates cele-brates her greatest feast the Resurrection of Our Lord from the dead, which is the foundation founda-tion of Catholic Faith and the greatest of Our Lord's miracles. The services for Holy Week and Easter Sunday will be as follows: Holy Thursday 8:00 a.m. High Mass with Procession of the Blessed Sacrament; Sacra-ment; 7:30 p.m. Holy Hour; Blessed Sacrament will be exposed ex-posed for adoration all day-Good day-Good Friday 8:00 a.m. Mass of the Pre-sanctified; Pre-sanctified; 3:00 p.m. Station and Veneration Venera-tion of the Cross for the children; 7:30 p.m. Station and Veneration Venera-tion of the Cross; Holy Saturday 8:00 a.m. Services Blessing of the new fire, Paschal Candle, Baptismal Font, etc.; 3:00 to 5:00; 7:00 to -9:00 p.m. fYmfpssinns- Easter Sunday 8:00 a.m. Low Mass; 10:00 a.m. High Mass; Music Mu-sic by Boys' Choir. The public is cordially welcome to each and all of these services. |