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 Pope's
Liturgical Schedule for Holy Week Bared
Pope Benedict XVI will preside over all the liturgical ceremonies
of Holy Week, beginning on Palm Sunday, and including a "Celebration
of Penance" the following Tuesday, according to Vatican.
The Holy Father will follow the same program as Pope John Paul
II did until his state of health impeded him, according to the program
published today by the Office for Liturgical Celebrations of the
Supreme Pontiff.
The Vatican's Holy Week and Easter schedule includes:
- Palm Sunday, April 9: Pope Benedict will preside over
Mass in St. Peter's Square and the local celebration of World Youth
Day. Youths from Germany, who hosted World Youth Day last year,
will hand the World Youth Day cross to youths from Australia, hosts
of the 2008 celebration.
- Holy Thursday, April 13: Pope Benedict will
celebrate the chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica in the morning;
in the evening, he will preside over the Mass of the Lord's Supper
in Rome's Basilica of St. John Lateran.
- Good Friday, April 14: The
liturgy of the Lord's Passion will be celebrated in St. Peter's
in the late afternoon. In the evening, Pope Benedict will preside
over the Way of the Cross at Rome's Colosseum. The pope has asked
Archbishop Angelo Comastri, his vicar for Vatican City State, to
write the meditations for the event.
- April 15: Celebration of the Easter Vigil
in St. Peter's Basilica at 10 p.m.
- April 16: Celebration of Easter Mass in St. Peter's
Square, followed by the papal blessing "urbi et orbi"
(to the city of Rome and the world). |
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| LIVES
OF THE SAINTS |
May
18
ST. JOHN
I
St. John I was a priest of Rome. He became pope after
the death of Pope St. Hormisdas in 523. At that time, Italy's
ruler, Theodoric the Goth, was an Arian. (The Arians did not
believe that Jesus is God.) Theodoric let Catholics alone
at the beginning of his reign. Later, however, he changed
and became arrogant and suspicious of everyone.
May
19
ST. CELESTINE V
Peter di Morone was the eleventh of twelve children.
He was born around 1210 in Isernia, Italy. His father died
when he was small. The family was poor, but Peter's mother
raised her children with great love.
May
20
ST. BERNARDINE OF SIENA
St. Bernardine of Siena was born in 1380 in a town
near Siena, Italy. He was the son of an Italian governor.
His parents died when he was seven.
May
21
BLESSED
EUGENE DE MAZENOD
Blessed Eugene was born in France in 1782. He became
a priest in 1811. Father Eugene was sensitive to the needs
of the poor and he ministered to them.
May
22
ST. RITA OF CASCIA
St. Rita was born in 1381 in a little Italian village.
Her parents were older. They had begged God to send them a
child. They brought Rita up well. Rita wanted to enter the
convent when she was fifteen, but her parents decided that
she should marry instead.
May
23
ST. JOHN
BAPTIST ROSSI
St. John Baptist Rossi was born in 1698 in a village
near Genoa, Italy. His family loved him. They were proud when
a wealthy couple visiting their town offered to educate him.
His parents knew the couple and trusted them. John was happy
to be able to go to their house in Genoa because then he could
attend school.
May
24
ST. DAVID
I OF SCOTLAND
St. David was born in 1080. He was the youngest son of St.
Margaret, queen of Scotland, and her good husband, King Malcom.
David himself became king when he was about forty.
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PHOTO OF THE MONTH |
Tour
of the Relics of the Passion
(International Center
for Holy Relics)
www.HolyRelics.org
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| REFLECTIONS |
 “Jesus’
Baptism”
Why did Jesus, the sinless one sent from the Father in heaven,
submit himself to John’s baptism? John preached a
baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins (Luke
3:3). In this humble submission we see a foreshadowing of
the “baptism” of Jesus bloody death upon the
cross. Jesus’ baptism is the acceptance and the beginning
of his mission as God’s suffering Servant (Isaiah
52:13-15; 53:1-12). He allowed himself to be numbered among
sinners. Jesus submitted himself entirely to his Father’s
will. Out of love he consented to this baptism of death
for the remission of our sins. Do you know the joy of trust
and submission to God?
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