Today, Palm Sunday, we begin Holy Week which is the most solemn week of the year. By participating in the liturgical celebrations of this week, and by taking time to reflect on the events by which Jesus brought about our salvation, we will come to better understand God’s great love for us.
The Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday begins the Easter Triduum of the passion and resurrection of Christ. The Easter Vigil at St. Anthony’s is the high point of the entire liturgical year. We begin the celebration of the Lord’s Resurrection at the Vigil.
Note the times and the places for the Holy Week services: Mass of the Lord’s Supper is at St Anthony at 7:00 PM on Thursday, April 2, followed by a period of adoration until 10:00 PM. The Celebration of the Lord’s Passion on Good Friday, April 3, is at 3:00 PM at St. Anthony, and Stations of the Cross are at Noon at St. Anthony and at 7:00 PM at Our Lady of the Hills. The Easter Vigil is at 8:30 PM on Saturday, April 4, at St. Anthony. Easter Sunday Masses are at their regularly scheduled times. There are no morning Masses on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and no Saturday evening Mass at 5:30 PM at St. Anthony. Confessions will be heard at St. Anthony after stations on Good Friday until 1:30 PM.
You are invited to bring Easter Food Baskets to St. Anthony for the blessing of food on Holy Saturday, April 4 at 11:00 AM.
We will have a Holy Hour from 3 to 4 PM on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 12, at St. Anthony. The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed on the altar for the Holy Hour, the Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be prayed, and confessions will be heard. Devotion to the Divine Mercy can transform our lives by drawing us ever closer to Jesus. “Jesus, I trust in You.”