The Sacred Triduum

 

Times of Masses for the Sacred Triduum at St. Patrick's, Westgate, Bradford.

Maundy Thursday: 6.00 p.m.

Good Friday: 3.00 p.m. (Day of fast and abstinence)

Holy Saturday: 7.30 p.m.

Lent V (Passion Sunday)

Sunday's 1.00p.m. Mass at St. Patrick's, Bradford will be a Low Mass. 

Fr. Driver will hear confessions before Mass. 

Passion Sunday is often mistaken for Palm Sunday. It is normal to veil the crucifix and statues from Passion Sunday until the Gloria at the  Easter Vigil to recall Christ hiding Himself and then emerging from the shattered tomb.  

The liturgy is now pruned and omits the Judica me (Psalm 42) at the start of  Mass and is not unlike a requiem. The Judica is next heard on Easter Sunday.

Next week, when it is Palm Sunday, we shall be processing around the streets near the church again, singing All Glory, Praise and Honour. A couple of years ago it touched my heart to see an old Muslim man stop and remove his hat in respect as we processed  back to the church.

I hope to be able to  advertise times of the Triduum's liturgies very shortly.