The Mass at 10.30am on Palm Sunday begins with a processon from the school playground.
The Easter Triduum begins at 8pm on Thursday 21st April with the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper with a watch at the altar of repose until Midnight.
Jesus said to his disciples, 'Would you not watch with me one hour...' Following the Lord himself then, we keep this watch. For some, just a few minutes, others stay for the duration. The important thing is that we keep some of the watch and allow Our Lord to help us enter deeply into the mystery. The church is stripped after Mass, except the altar of repose which has been beautifully decorated with candles and blossoms. Before Mass the holy water stoups have been drained and the tabernacle stands empty and unveiled. There is a sense here of both the basics and beginnings of our faith. The procession of the Blessed Sacrament, consecrated at this Mass, to the altar of respose brings the Mass to a conclusion but there is no formal end to the liturgy. Like the first disciples we drift away into the night.
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