TÂM SỰ VỚI CHÚA - SÁNG 15-4-2022
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Mo NguyenMORNING PRAYER (Friday 15th April 2022)
THE EASTER TRIDUUM
HOLY THURSDAY
THE MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
The various celebrations are not discrete imitations of the historical events that occurred two thousand years ago. Therefore it would be incorrect to focus on the institution of the Eucharist or the ordination of priests at this celebration … the breaking of the bread and the foot washing ritually and symbolically express the fact that true life is to be found in the sacrifice of service.
The New Dictionary of Sacramental Worship John Baldovin SJ
GOOD FRIDAY
Early sources refer to followers of Jesus gathering in the early centuries and walking down from the Mount of Olives and the Garden of Gethsemane. Then they would have processed through the streets of Jerusalem towards the place of the crucifixion. We have the eye-witness accounts of Egeria, a Spanish pilgrim who came to Jerusalem about three centuries after the death of Jesus and compiled a whole set of historical observations.
These observations and experiences are possibly where the first semblance of the passion narratives and New Testament writing were formed in the first and second centuries. Also the ritual of the Last Supper and the passion accounts of Jesus would have been the sources of the churches’ first liturgies.
Following reforms in the Holy Week Rituals in the 1960s, the congregation were invited to share in Holy Communion reserved from the Mass of The Lord’s Supper celebrated the previous evening.
EASTER SATURDAY EASTER VIGIL
The Easter Vigil Ritual is dramatic, as the single light representing the light of the Risen Lord is reverently carried into the darkened church. The community lights their tapers from the Easter candle until the whole Church is ablaze with the new light. Here the Exsultet or call to celebrate Jesus' resurrection is proclaimed; then follows a selection of readings that celebrate the marvel of creation as recorded in the Book of Genesis; then follows the account of the people of God led by Moses as recalled in the Book of Exodus. Later some of the Jewish prophets are heard concluding with the readings from the New Testament. At last the Alleluia is heard again followed by the Litany of the Saints.
The renewal of our baptismal vows then takes place with the ritual of sprinkling the congregation with the blessed Easter water. After the great prayer of thanksgiving, the community is invited to share in our Easter communion.
The oldest Preface composed for a Requiem Mass speaks about life after death.
When our mortal bodies lie in death we dare to believe we have reached another dwelling place, for life is changed, not ended.
In dying we share the life of the risen Lord forever.
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