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Easter Egg Hunt Sunday, 5 May, after the 11AM Mass
It's still Easter! Children should bring their baskets for a fun Easter Egg Hunt in the churchyard after Sunday Mass on May 5th! Refreshments for all (Punch on the Portico!) will be served.
Parents (and others!), if you'd like to help, please contact Judi at 843-425-0783 or by email.
The Anglicanorum Coetibus Society has published a 30-minute podcast with Msgr Carl Reid after the announcement that he has been chosen by Pope Francis to become Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross in Australia and the Pacific.
In ancient tradition, Christians greet each other during Eastertide with the Paschal Greeting. There are myriad translations of this greeting into the languages of the world, but even within English there are several widely used versions. The wording we use in our Anglican Patrimony is
℣ Alleluia! Christ is Risen!
℟ The Lord is Risen indeed! Alleluia!
We'll say and respond to this greeting as a community before Sunday Masses in Eastertide; the words will be printed in the welcome section of the bulletin for easy reference. Don't be afraid to respond out loud!
BLOGS | APR. 16, 2019
Here are the Plenary Indulgences Available During Holy Week
We all have the opportunity for receiving a plenary indulgence each day of Holy Week. Then Easter Octave. Here’s how to gain them for ourselves and loved ones in purgatory.
Joseph Pronechen for National Catholic Register
The plenary indulgences that we can receive on every day of Holy Week actually are of two kinds. Certain ones are specific to Holy Week itself. Certain ones we can actually gain anytime.
They’re listed in the Norms and Grants in the official Manual of Indulgences, fourth edition (1999), the latest and most up-to-date edition of the Manual, or Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, the one that replaces all others.
First, let’s look at the plenary indulgences specific to Holy Week. Next, we’ll look at those also available during Holy Week plus any time of the year. Then we’ll review the basic mandatory conditions that must be fulfilled for any plenary indulgence. Then we’ll check on “extras.”
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The Maundy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper (4/18, 7PM) begins the Paschal Triduum, which is properly understood and experienced as one event. The Maundy Thursday institution of the Holy Eucharist, which is the sacrament of love, and the Lord's offering of himself in love on the Cross, and the triumph of that love in the Resurrection are one thing: the Lord's Passover, and so also ours, from death to life. We encourage you and your family to attend as many of the liturgies as possible. As Fr Allen said last week, "bring the children to Jesus, and let them feel absolutely at home in the Church's worship. And please, invite your friends and family, and share the announcements of these liturgies widely."
*Roman Missal
On Maundy Thursday (7PM) we celebrate the Mass of the Lord's Supper and our Lord's abiding Presence with us in the Holy Eucharist, a Mass which ends with the transfer of the Blessed Sacrament to the Altar of Repose, where we may take our place with the Apostles to watch and pray in the garden. The Altar is stripped, our Lord is betrayed and given into the hands of sinners.
This Mass will be celebrated from the Roman Missal. For reference at home as you prepare for Mass, in the Divine Worship Sunday Missal, the Propers and Lessons may be found on page 396, or you may read the Lessons online:
Exodus 12.1-8, 11-14
1 Corinthians 11.23-26
John 13.1-15
The Collect: O God, who in a wonderful Sacrament hast left unto us a memorial of thy Passion: grant us, we beseech thee, so to venerate the sacred mysteries of thy Body and Blood; that we may ever know within ourselves the fruit of thy redemption; who livest and reignest with the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. ℟ Amen.
On Good Friday (3PM) we offer the Liturgy of the Lord's Passion and venerate his Cross, and then receive the precious fruit of that Cross in the Holy Communion: our Lord's own Body broken for us.
In the Divine Worship Sunday Missal, the Propers and Lessons may be found on page 412, or you may read the Lessons online:
Isaiah 52.13-53.12
Hebrews 4.14-16; 5.7-9
John 18.1-19.42
The Collect: Almighty God: we beseech thee graciously to behold this thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was contented to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer death upon the Cross; who now liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. ℟ Amen.
On Easter Eve (8PM) we light the new fire in church yard and process together with the Light of Christ into the darkened church, and keep the Solemn Vigil of Easter, hearing God's promises of old, and seeing them fulfilled in the Lord's Resurrection, our sacramental life - which is our participation in Jesus' Death and Resurrection - renewed again.
In the Divine Worship Sunday Missal, the Propers and Lessons may be found on page 445, or you may read the Lessons online:
Genesis 1.1-2.2
Genesis 22.1-18
Exodus 14.15-15.1
Isaiah 54.5-14
Isaiah 55.1-11
Baruch 3.9-15, 32-4.4
Ezekiel 36.16-17a, 18-28
Romans 6.3-11
Luke 24.1-12
One of the Collects: O God who dost illumine this most holy night with the glory of the Resurrection of the Lord: stir up, we pray thee, in thy Church, the spirit of adoption which thou hast given; that we, being regenerate both in body and soul, may render unto thee a pure service; through the same Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. ℟ Amen.
* Only three of the seven Old Testament readings will be proclaimed at our Easter Vigil Mass for pastoral reasons.
image: Resurrection of Jesus, Raphael, 1502
On Easter Day, Masses will be celebrated at 9AM (Roman Missal) & 11AM (Divine Worship).
On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran, and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” Peter then came out with the other disciple, and they went toward the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first; and stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; he saw the linen cloths lying, and the napkin, which had been on his head, not lying with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not know the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
In the Divine Worship Sunday Missal, the Propers and Lessons may be found on page 488, or you may read the Lessons online:
Acts 10.34a, 37-43
Colossians 3.1-4
John 20.1-9
The Collect: Almighty God, who through thine Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ hast overcome death, and opened unto us the gate of everlasting life: we humbly beseech thee; that as by thy special grace thou dost put into our minds good desires, so by thy continual help we may bring the same to good effect; through the same Jesus Christ thy Son, our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. ℟ Amen.
"Notre Dame on fire and perhaps unusable for months if not years is undoubtedly a trial. But faith does not allow to see this as a punishment or the confirmation of a decline and fall. There is some comfort to be found in the massive sense of affliction and solidarity of non-believers, since it proves that for them, however irreligious they are, the visible Church is not a mere remnant of the past, but a vital part of the scenery, without which they themselves miss something. Yet, in the end, this support does not make that much of a difference.
"What is decisive is the knowledge that Jesus Christ the Groom will never abandon his bride the Church – which does not mean that her faithfulness will never be tested. The Temple on Mount Zion was destroyed, rebuilt and destroyed again. St. Peter’s in Rome was plundered several times. The crusaders lost Jerusalem. What ultimately matters is not the signifier (the cathedral), but the signified (God’s glory) which remains forever fertile and will forever inspire those who long for it." Read the entire article.
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Dear Friends,
This Sunday we begin Holy Week and together walk again in the steps of our Lord's blessed Passion and precious Death, and thereby prepare ourselves for the joy of his mighty Resurrection and glorious Ascension. This all begins with Palm Sunday, when we recall Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem with our own procession of palms. We will gather in the churchyard for the Liturgy of the Palms, and then process singing "All glory, laud, and honor" to Christ our King. Please be on time (the liturgy will begin promptly at 11AM) so that you may participate in the procession and enter fully into this Holy Week's devotions. From that triumph, of course things quickly change. We will see our King whom we have hymned crowned with thorns and enthroned on a cross as we hear St. Luke's Passion.
On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of Holy Week, Holy Mass will be offered at 8AM.
Confessions are available on Monday and Wednesday mornings, 8.30 - 9.00AM and Wednesday evening from 5.00 till 6.00PM
On Maundy Thursday (7PM, Roman Missal) we celebrate the Mass of the Lord's Supper and our Lord's abiding Presence with us in the Holy Eucharist, a Mass which ends with the transfer of the Blessed Sacrament to the Altar of Repose, where we may take our place with the Apostles to watch and pray in the garden. The Altar is stripped, our Lord is betrayed and given into the hands of sinners.
On Good Friday (3PM, Divine Worship) we offer the Liturgy of the Lord's Passion and venerate his Cross, and then receive the precious fruit of that Cross in the Holy Communion: our Lord's own Body broken for us.
On Easter Eve (8.00PM, Divine Worship) we light the new fire in church yard and process together with the Light of Christ into the darkened church, and keep the Solemn Vigil of Easter, hearing God's promises of old, and seeing them fulfilled in the Lord's Resurrection, our sacramental life - which is our participation in Jesus' Death and Resurrection - renewed again. I urge all of you to participate in the Vigil with us, and not to be afraid to bring children. When St Therese of Lisieux was novice mistress in her convent, she comforted novices who had fallen asleep at their evening prayers by telling them that to fall asleep in prayer was to fall asleep in the Father's arms. So bring the children to Jesus, and let them feel absolutely at home in the Church's worship. And please, invite your friends and family, and share the announcements of these liturgies widely.
On Easter Day, Masses will be celebrated at 9AM (Roman Missal) & 11AM(Divine Worship) (I will be the celebrant for both of those Masses).
Wednesday School will be enjoying Spring Break in Holy Week and Easter Week.
God bless you,
Fr. Allen
Blessed palms - like holy water, brown scapulars, devotional medals, and so on - are "sacramentals," and while they do not convey grace in the objective way the seven Sacraments do, but, "by the Church's prayer, prepare us to receive grace and dispose us to cooperate with it" CCC 1670). As such, they may not be disposed of like common trash, but should be disposed of in a dignified way, usually by being burned or buried. It is traditional - and indeed it is our tradition - to burn those blessed palms and use the ashes for Ash Wednesday. So hang on to your palms, place them over a door or in some devotional nook of your home as an aid to prayer, and then bring them to Mass next Septuagesima Sunday (2/09/2020, but we'll remind you!), and you'll receive them back to help you remember that "thou art dust, and unto shalt thou return."