Reflection on the Easter Triduum – Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil
by Angela Lambert |
During Holy Week we celebrate and reverence Christ’s Paschal Mystery – His Suffering, Death, and Resurrection. To enter more deeply into this mystery the Church walks in the footsteps of Christ and the Apostles through special liturgies rich with extraordinary practices that recall and connect us in a unique way to the events beginning at the Last Supper and culminating in finding the empty tomb. These liturgies are called the “Easter Triduum.” The USCCB (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) describe it in this way:
The summit of the Liturgical Year is the Easter Triduum—from the evening of Holy Thursday to the evening of Easter Sunday. Though chronologically three days, they are liturgically one day unfolding for us the unity of Christ’s Paschal Mystery. The single celebration of the Triduum marks the end of the Lenten season, and leads to the Mass of the Resurrection of the… |
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