lent – starts from Ash Wednesday and it ends on the evening of the Lords’ Supper
HOLY WEEK – starts from Palm Sunday of the Lords’ Passion until the Vespers of Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord.
Paschal Triduum – Starts from the evening of the Lords’ Supper until the vespers of Sunday, the highlight or the center of this Triduum is the EasterVigil.
PENTECOST – fifty days of joyous celebration begins on Easter Sunday and concludes on Pentecost Sunday.
PALM SUNDAY – is the grand opening of the Holy Week, commemorating the Messianic entry of Jesus in Jerusalem as King and the Proclamation of His Passion.
HOLY WEEK – the celebration, celebrates the mysteries of salvation of christ
HISTORICAL NAMES OF HOLY WEEK
Paschal Week
Greater Week
Week of the Lords’ Passion
Week of the Sorrowing
days of holy week
palm sunday (passion sunday)
holy monday
holy tuesday
holy wednesday (spy wednesday)
holy thursday (maundy thursday)
good friday
holy saturday (black saturday)
holy tuesday - Christ's predictions of his own death,
holywednesday or spywednesday - on this day the story of Judas arranging his betrayal of Jesus with the chief priests is remembered; he was a spy among the disciples of Jesus
MAUNDY is derived from the Latin word for "command," and refers to Jesus' commandment to the disciples to "Love one another as I have loved you
Maundy Thursday (also known as Holy Thursday) commemorates the Last Supper , where Christ lays out the model for the Eucharist or Holy Communion.
Holy thursday - In the Catholic Church, on this day the private celebration of Mass is forbidden
Chrism Mass - one of the principal expressions of the fullness of the Bishops priesthood and signifies the close unity of the priests with him.
3 KINDS OF OIL DURING THE CHRISM MASS
Oil of Chrism
Oil for the Sick
Oil for the Catechumens
3 PRINCIPAL MYSTERIES SUCH AS
The institution of the Holy Eucharist.
The Institution of the Priesthood.
The newcommandment of Love
The new commandment of Love - It is the commemoration of the passion and death of Jesus which was the passage way to his glory and exaltation.
GOOD FRIDAY - commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus and his subsequent death
Holy Saturday - is the day between the crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection. As the Sabbath day
holyweek - final week of lent
THE SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF HOLY WEEK
palm
bread and wine
chrism oil and chrism
washing of the feet
The cross
Fire
palms - we begin with a procession with songs and branches or palms. This way, with our faith, we accompany Jesus on His way of the cross, death and resurrection.
bread and wine - His very Body and Blood
CHRISM OILS AND CHRISM - the “matter” of several sacraments
WASHING OF THE FEET - During the Mass of Holy Thursday, the Pope, Bishops and priests imitate the gesture in the Last Supper
THE CROSS - significant gesture: we come up to adore it, as a sign of our awe and thankfulness for what Jesus did for us
FIRE - we gather together outside the church, or at its doors, around a fire. From there, the EASTER CANDLE is lit. In the darkness of the night, the LIGHT WHICH IS CHRIST shines.
8 SIMPLE WAYS TO OBSERVE HOLY WEEK
OBSERVE PALM SUNDAY
LISTEN TO HOLY WEEK MUSIC
READ YOUR WAY OF THE CROSS THROUGH HOLY WEEK
ATTEND THE OTHER SERVICES OF HOLY WEEK
DO A MINI-LENTEN OBSERVANCE
TAKE PART IN A MINI-FAST
UNPLUG FOR THE WEEK
USE SOCIALMEDIA POSTS TO DIRECT ATTENTION TO HOLY WEEK
Easter - is a Christian holiday that celebrates the belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ
Easter - is the most important festival in the Christian calendar.
easter - It celebrates God raising his son Jesus from the dead as well as the destruction of the power of sin and death forever.
easter - It symbolizes the opening of Heaven with the gift of eternal life to everyone.
VARIOUS NAMES OF EASTER VIGIL
paschal vigil
easter vigil
cross - – represents the whole meaning of Easter, the resurrection and also Christ's SUFFERING
they DECLARED the cross as the OFFICIAL SYMBOL of Christianity; not only a symbol of Easter, but the primary symbol of the Catholicfaith
Paschal candle - is a symbol of Christ rising from the dead
Paschal candle - is lit during baptisms
what are the symbols of paschal candles?
light
fire
grains of incense
alpha and omega
cross
year
light - the light of christ that shines in the darkness