"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. You heard me say to you, ‘I go away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I go to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place, you may believe."
The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Jesus said, "Little children, yet a little while I am with you. A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Click here for the Collect and Lessons for the Fifth Sunday of Easter (4/24).
The 4th Sunday of Easter: Good Shepherd Sunday
Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.”
Click here for the Collect & Lessons for Good Shepherd Sunday (4/17).
The Third Sunday of Easter
'When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” A second time he said to him, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” And he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep. Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you girded yourself and walked where you would; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go.” (This he said to him to show him by what death he was to glorify God.) After this he said to him, “Follow me.”'
Holy Week at Corpus Christi
Assist us mercifully with thy help, O Lord God of our Salvation, that we may enter with joy upon the contemplation of those mighty acts whereby thou hast given unto us life and immortality; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
HOLY WEEK AT CORPUS CHRISTI*:
- Palm Sunday (3/20) 9AM at Sacred Heart: Liturgy of the Palms, Reading of the Passion; Holy Mass
- M,Tu,W, 6PM at Sacred Heart: Holy Mass
- Maundy Thursday, 7PM at St Mary's: Mass of the Lord's Supper
- Good Friday, 3PM at St Mary's: Liturgy of the Lord's Passion & Mass of the Pre-Sanctified
- Saturday, 8PM at St Mary's: Great Vigil of Easter
- There is no Mass on Easter Day - come to the Vigil!
*Please note that M,Tu,W liturgies are at Sacred Heart Church (888 King Street). The Masses of the Sacred Triduum are at St. Mary of the Annunciation (89 Hasell Street). All liturgies according to the Ordinariate form.
Palm Sunday
And throwing their garments on the colt they set Jesus upon it. And as he rode along, they spread their garments on the road. As he was now drawing near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!"
The Fifth Sunday of Lent
Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. And as they continued to ask him, he stood up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” And once more he bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground. But when they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the eldest, and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. Jesus looked up and said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you; go, and do not sin again.” Click here to read the lessons and collect for this Sunday.
The Fourth Sunday in Lent: Lætare Sunday
"But while he was yet at a distance, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him."
The Third Sunday in Lent
He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. And he said to the dresser of the vineyard: Behold, for these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and I find none. Cut it done therefore: why cumbereth it the ground? But he answering, said to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig about it, and dung it. And if happily it bear fruit: but if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
The Second Sunday in Lent
"And as he was praying, the appearance of his countenance was altered, and his raiment became dazzling white. And behold, two men talked with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was to accomplish at Jerusalem."
Regarding the image:
In this page from a 15th-century Netherlandish 'Biblia Pauperum' (on which see further Image 423) Christ's Transfiguration, flanked by Moses (with horns) and Elisha, is set between its two Old Testament prefigurations: (left) Abraham sees three angels who had accepted his hospitality (Genesis 18:1-3); and (right) King Nebuchadnezzar has three youths placed in a fiery furnace (Daniel 3:25). The page's theme is the mystery of the Trinity: three persons in one divine Nature. As the text top left explains, the three angels signified the Trinity of Persons, but because Abraham worshipped them as one, he indicated the singleness of the Trinity's nature. As the text top right explains, when Nebuchadnezzar saw, to his amazement, a fourth in the surviving burning fiery furnace, like the Son of God, this signified that the three youths represented the Trinity of Persons, and the fourth the singleness of their nature. Both prefigurations point to the Transfiguration's significance in revealing the Trinity. The four prophetic texts all emphasize light and beauty: Psalms 44:3 (45:2); Isaiah 60:1 (top right); Malachi 4:2 (bottom left); Habbakuk 3:4(right); the dazzlement of the glorified body is registered by the figures below Christ. Henry 1987, p.71 Henry, 1987