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us for the first time, whether you are ing from another parish or from out of town. We, as the world united through faith in Christ our Lord. May you find your visit to be

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Upcoming Events

Tuesday, March 19th

Feast of St. Joseph: High Mass at 7pm.

Saturday, March 23rd

Lenten Day of Recollection

Sunday, March 24th

40Days for Life—Parish Day of Prayer

Monday, March 25th

Feast of the Annunciation: High Mass at 7pm

Saturday, March 30th

Confirmation Retreat

Sunday, March 31st

Confirmations at 11:30am followed by Solemn Mass and reception in the Norbert Hall. A special announcement will be made by the Bishop at this Mass.

Lenten Day of Recollection with Canon Michael Stein

Saturday, March 23rd

Mid-way through Lent, Easter can seem still a long ways off. Come join us for a Lenten Day of Recol-lection with Canon Michael Stein on Saturday, March

23rd at St. Boniface Church. The program includes Spiritual Talks and Lenten Devotions to help urge you on to persevere in your Lenten resolutions and

sacrifices. More information in next week’s bulletin!

Easter Candy Fundraiser We are excited to announce we are again joining with Betsy Ann Chocolate in an Easter Fundraiser beginning today and running through March 24th. Please consider purchasing your Easter candy through St. John XXIII Parish. Proceeds will benefit our Catechism program, our children’s choir, and our adult choir. As a special thank you, Betsy Ann Choc-olate will be giving our church 50% profit of all sales. You can pick up a brochure and order form in the vestibule or in the cafeteria at catechism. Thank you in advance for your support!

Precept on Fasting & Abstinence Catholics between the ages of 18 and 59 are obliged to FAST on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. On these days only one full meal is permitted. Up to two collations (smaller meals which added together would not equal a full meal) are allowed if needed. All Catholics 14 years old and older are obliged to AB-STAIN from meat, soup and gravy made from meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and all the Fridays of Lent. Fasting Prayer: Grant, we beseech Thee, almighty God, that Thy servants who discipline the body by fasting from food, may strive after righteousness by abstaining from sin. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Holy Thursday by Canon William Avis

Here follows the third in a series of articles giving an introduc-

tion to the pre-1955 Holy Week Ceremonies.

The Mass

The Mass of Holy Thursday commemorates the institution of the most Holy Eucharist, the Sacrifice of the Mass, and the

Priesthood. For this reason after the Priest intones the Gloria, the organ is played and the bells are rung in jubilation. However

as we are entering the mystery of our Lord’s suffering and death, after that Gloria, they are both silenced until the eve of

His Resurrection.

The Epistle lesson comes from I Corinthians 11: 20-32 in

which St. Paul the Apostle exhorts us to receive most Holy Communion with holy dispositions and the punishment of those

who receive It unworthily.

The Gospel lesson comes from John 13:1-15 which recounts

how our Lord washed the feet of His Apostles. By this act of charity and humility, our Lord shows to His Apostles the dispo-

sitions necessary to perform their sacred ministry. It is an act of common hospitality but also a sacred rite by which the ministers

of the Levitical Priesthood prepared themselves to offer the sac-rifices in the Temple. The feet are the part of the body which touches the earth, and to wash them symbolizes the detachment

from this world and purity of body, hence our Lord’s reply to St. Peter: “He that is washed needeth not but to wash his feet, but is

clean wholly.”

After the Gospel or sermon, the Credo is sung—a mark of

great feastdays.

The Canon of the Mass has a proper Communicantes, Hanc

Igitur and form of Consecration in commemoration of the day in which our Lord instituted the great Sacraments of the Eucha-rist and Priesthood. The priest consecrates two hosts this day;

one for this Mass and another for the Mass of the Presanctified of Good Friday. This shows the oneness of the Mass and the

Cross. After Holy Communion, this second Host is placed in a chalice and covered by a pall, paten and white veil which is

bound together with a white ribbon. Our Lord referred His Pas-sion many times to a chalice from which He must drink, and so

the chalice symbolizes His sufferings. The veil reminds us that our Lord’s Passion is a mystery—a truth which we cannot fully understand. The ribbon reminds us of how our Lord was bound

with ropes and chains and led to Caiphas, Pontius Pilate, Herod and finally Calvary.

The rest of the Mass is done coram Sanctissimo, which means

before the Blessed Sacrament exposed. The Sacred Ministers then do many genuflections and take care not to turn their backs to the Blessed Sacrament still present upon the altar. The Mass

concludes as usual with Post-Communion prayer, Ite missa est, blessing, and finally the Last Gospel. At the words Et Verbum

caro factum est, instead of simply genuflecting straight forward, all turn to the Blessed Sacrament to make this genuflection.

Note on the Mandatum: The ceremony of the washing of feet or Mandatum was traditionally done only at cathedrals and

monasteries where the superior would wash the feet of his sub-jects. It was always done outside of the church and not during

the Mass. It was a novelty introduced in the 1950’s to do this ceremony during Mass and in the sanctuary.

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