April 10th, 2022

Palm Sunday

by Fr. Boniface Endorf, O.P.

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Dear St. Joseph Parish Family,

Holy Week is upon us! Today starts the holiest week of the year, when Our Lord won our salvation. Let us enter into this grace-filled time and encounter Christ anew. Let us meditate upon our salvation in Christ and join our hearts to His. The events we relive this week are the center of human history: the most important actions even taken in the universe, for Christ’s victory on the cross is our victory over sin and death. Evil, sin, and even death itself no longer have the final say in our lives; rather, we take joy in Christ’s having defeated them all and given us a share in His triumph. This week we relive Jesus’ victory: His facing down death on the cross, and His triumph at the resurrection. Let us mourn the cost Christ paid this Good Friday, and let us marvel at the victory He achieved this Easter.

I encourage everyone to take part in as many of the Triduum liturgies as possible. They confer great graces and help us enter into these special days. Here is the schedule for this week:

Triduum & Easter Sunday Schedule:

Holy Thursday–

9am: Matins & Lauds in Church

8pm: Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Adoration in chapel of repose (McGuire Hall) until midnight

Compline just before midnight

Good Friday–

9am: Matins & Lauds in Church

Noon: stations of the cross with confessions

3pm: Veneration of the Cross

8pm: Tenebrae

Holy Saturday–

9am: Matins & Lauds in Church

8:30pm: Easter Vigil

Easter Sunday–

no confessions Easter Sunday

9am: Easter Mass

11:30am: Easter Mass

6pm: Easter Mass

Have a blessed Holy Week,

Fr. Boniface