Every year, I find myself struck by a sense of strangeness over the Triduum: it is such an extraordinary time for the Church, and yet the days often still feel very ordinary. Many people still […]
Tag: Holy Thursday
The Responsibility of Being a Prophetic People: Holy Thursday, Martyrdom, and the Feast of Blessed Óscar Romero
On Holy Thursday, the Roman Catholic church celebrates both a Chrism Mass in the morning and the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper. Every March 24th since 1980, the church also remembers the martyrdom of […]
The Eucharist is an Act of Community
One of the central tenets of the Christian tradition is the community of believers. We are not single individuals, struggling along in a vast sea of humanity. We are a community–a collection of people, sharing […]
Different Holy Thursday: A Celebration of Eucharist with No Priest
By Catherine Heinhold, a Maryknoll Lay Missioner in São Paulo, Brazil. It’s Holy Thursday, my favorite mass of the year. I love the washing of the feet, the call to service, the power of MEMORY in the […]
Serving Imagination on Holy Thursday
In The Power and the Glory, Graham Greene tells the story of the “whisky priest,” a minister whose brokenness is evident to many of the other characters, and perhaps most especially to himself. A revolution […]
Holy Thursday: Remembering Judaism in a Christian World
This evening will mark the official beginning of the Easter Triduum in the Catholic Church. The Triduum begins the evening of Holy/Maundy Thursday, extends through Good Friday, and ends on the evening of Easter Sunday. […]
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