Holy Week Schedule

Holy Week Schedule

Tenebræ

Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday at 9am

During the three days leading up to Easter, also known as the Sacred Triduum, in the morning prayers are combined for Dominican Friars together in a special way, with ancient rubrics, forming Tenebrae (meaning Darkness).

The ceremony of Tenebrae is similar each morning. During the first part, there are three Psalms, a versicle and response, and readings. During the second section, one will hear more Psalms, a versicle and response, and the Benedictus Canticle, which is the song of thanksgiving given by Zachariah upon the occasion of the circumcision of his son, John the Baptist. Following this, the Our Father (said in silence), and a reflection on the death of Our Lord, (Respice quaesumus).

Holy Thursday

Confessions 11am-12 noon and 7-7:45pm

Mass of the Last Supper at 8pm

Good Friday

Confessions 11am-12 noon and 5:45pm – 7pm

Stations of the Cross at 12 noon and at 5pm (with choir).

The Lord’s Passion 3pm

Veneration of the Cross with choir 6-8pm

Holy Saturday

Confessions 11am – 8pm

Vigil Mass 9pm

Bishop Barron’s Lenten Reflections

Week Six: The Power of the Cross
Pain. It is a feeling that everyone knows. We have all experienced it differently to varying degrees and at different points in our lives. It’s not something you can escape. Why is it that the Church focuses on a man in the...
Week Five: Loving an Enemy This Lent
Forgiveness. It can be such a hard thing to give and to receive. It can be easy to forgive the people we love, the people we are close to. But what about our enemies? That task can seem insurmountable. Then again, so is...
Week Four: Christ in the Desert
You’ve heard it before and you will hear it again. It comes every lent, the reading about Christ in the desert. The Devil tempts Christ to move off the path and disobey God. We all know temptation, but it can be hard to see...
Week Six: The Power of the Cross
Pain. It is a feeling that everyone knows. We have all experienced it differently to varying degrees and at different points in our lives. It’s not something you can escape. Why is it that the Church focuses on a man in the...
Week Three: Having a "Personal Relationship" with Jesus
When we think of standing in line waiting to tell the priest everything bad we have done, it can be tempting to justify and rationalize our actions. For a large number of people, confession is a nerve-racking, anxiety-inducing...
Week Five: Loving an Enemy This Lent
Forgiveness. It can be such a hard thing to give and to receive. It can be easy to forgive the people we love, the people we are close to. But what about our enemies? That task can seem insurmountable. Then again, so is...