Category: Triduum

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Holy Saturday

A snail and a tulip shoot speak this line from an Ancient Homily on Holy Saturday: "The whole earth keeps silence today because the King is asleep."
“Holy Saturday”
Liturgy of the Hours, Holy Saturday
Office of Readings, Second Reading from an Ancient Homily
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From an Ancient Homily on Holy Saturday

Something strange is happening—there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness.… Read the rest

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Good Friday

A snail silently prays at the foot of the Cross between Mary and the apostle John. Three other women and a centurion also stand in silence.
“Good Friday”
Icon of the Crucifixion by Master Dionysius, ca. 1500 (Tretiakov Gallery, Moscow)
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We adore your Cross, O Lord,
we praise and glorify your holy Resurrection,
for behold, because of the wood of a tree
joy has come to the whole world.

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Holy Thursday

A baby snail riding the back of an adult snail on a hydrangea leaf speak John 13:14: "If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet."
“Holy Thursday”
John 13:14
From the Gospel at Evening Mass
©️2021 Gloria M. Chang

Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father. He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end. The

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