Author: Brad Germain

Holy Week

5:00 – 5:50 p.m.           Eucharistic Adoration – Every Wednesday during Lent

Wednesday – April 16th

11:00 a.m.                    Chrism Mass at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Augustine

5:00 – 5:30 p.m.           Confessions

5:00 – 5:50 p.m.           Eucharistic Adoration

6:00 p.m.                       Mass

Holy Thursday – April 17^th   

                                    (No Morning Mass)

8:00 a.m.                        Morning Prayers

7:00 p.m.                     Mass of the Lord’s Supper

                                       Adoration following Mass until 10:00 p.m.

                                    Good Friday – April 18^th      

A Day of Fast and Abstinence

                                    (No Morning Mass)

8:00 a.m.                      Morning Prayers

12:00 p.m.                    Stations of the Cross (in the Garden of the Cross)

3:00 p.m.                      Passion of the Lord (with Holy Eucharist)

7:00 p.m.                      Stations of the Cross (in the Church)

Holy Saturday – April 19^th          

(No Confessions on Holy Saturday)

8:00 a.m.                      Morning Prayers

8:30 p.m.                      The Easter Vigil Mass

Easter Sunday – April 20^th    

9:00 a.m.                      Mass of the Resurrection

10:15 a.m.                      Easter Egg Hunt

11:00 a.m.                    Mass of the Resurrection

Divine Mercy Sunday – April 27^th

3:00 – 4:00 p.m.           Adoration and Chaplet of Divine Mercy

Saint Dominic, founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans), was recorded by his early followers as having a discreet practice: they speak about the tears of their founder, not only when praying, but also when celebrating Mass. Brother John of Bologna, an early friar, relayed that when he served at St. Dominic’s Masses, he would see tears stream down the saint’s cheeks after he received Holy Communion. The simplicity of the tears of this great preacher reminds us that Jesus gives us a tremendous gift in the Eucharist: God Himself descends and takes His dwelling in the soul of man. Our response then should be one of gratitude, awe and reverence for the love Christ has for us: that He should give Himself to sinful man as food. As Dominic, we should always be thankful for Christ’s gift to us in the Eucharist and be mindful of Whom we receive at Mass.

By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures..

Proverbs 24:3-4

BISHOP ERIK‘S PRAYER FOR OUR DIOCESE