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HOLY WEEK FOR CATHOLICS

HOLY WEEK is the most important week for Catholics when we commemorate the final days of Jesus’s life from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem. The Gospel recounts the details of his passion and death, inviting us to reflect on the profound significance of Holy Week. We bless palms to remind us of this day. Then we Move through the week to HOLY THURSDAY which is the beginning of the EASTER TRIDUUM, the most sacred days of our Catholic Faith. The only Morning Mass takes place in the Cathedral of each Diocese at which the oils for the sacraments are blessed and given to representatives from each parish. These are brought up in procession at the evening MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER in all parishes. The Mass of the Lord’s Supper commemorates the instituting of the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. We also remember and enact the Washing of The Feet to remind us of our calling to loving service of one another in imitation of Jesus. This Mass is followed by WATCH and PRAY, recalling the night before Jesus’s crucifixion.

GOOD FRIDAY is the day Jesus was crucified and died. It was a day of incredible suffering for Jesus. The sacrifice of Jesus on the cross has gained for all of us the mercy of our God. His sacrifice on the cross has brought us the assurance of God’s redeeming love and eternal life. This is a solemn day of mourning, prayer and reflection for all Christians.

The EASTER VIGIL and EASTER SUNDAY are the high points of Holy Week when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. This is a most wonderful time for all Christians, who, through the death and resurrection of Jesus, believe that our earthly journey of following Christ will ultimately lead us to the glory of the Father’s life where Jesus is.

In this Holy week, God is inviting us to walk with Jesus through his suffering, passion, death and resurrection and be renewed and transformed by the Risen Christ whom we encounter in the Eucharist. Let us prayerfully enter this most sacred, holy week.

Fr. Tony

ST AGNES CHURCH, CRUMLIN HOLY WEEK & EASTER 2026

 HOLY THURSDAY – 2nd April

                9.00am                                                Morning Prayer

                7.00pm                                               Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper with procession to the Altar of Repose where there will be prayer and reflection until 9.00pm

GOOD FRIDAY – 3rd April (Today is a Day of Fast and Abstinence)

                9.00am                                                Morning Prayer

                12.00pm                                             Family Stations of the Cross

                3.00pm                                               Solemn Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, Liturgy of the Word, unveiling & veneration of the Cross, concluding with reception of Holy Communion

                7.00pm                                               Stations and Prayer around the Cross

HOLY SATURDAY – 4th April

                9.00am                                                                Morning Prayer

                8.00pm                                                               Easter Vigil

EASTER SUNDAY – 5th April

                9.30am; 11.00am and 12.30pm             Masses