Nonnie's Observations

Good Friday Passion of our Lord for our sins 1. the Passion of our Lord... (The Liturgy Readings can be found here .) our Lord stripped of His clothes, the altar stripped of its cloths Solemn Intercessory Prayers 2. Veneration of the Cross: "Behold the wood of the Cross, on which hung the salvation of the world." R "Come, let us adore." 3. no Mass celebrated  Holy Communion received from that left from Holy Thursday now...the tabernacle- empty  shared with Rebecca's Haiku My Heart

Holy Thursday Post April 17, 2014 Holy Mary, I beg of you to assist me  in avoiding the act of adding  to the wounds of your Son and our Savior, Jesus Christ.   Guide my hands to do God’s work.   Direct my thoughts to bring glory  to God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.    Help me to see Christ in the faces of whomever I meet,  whether at my own door, at church,  or in the check-out lines or in traffic.   Keep my mind ever aware of the gifts  for which God has provided me  and to give thanks at all times.   Help me to enter into this Triduum -  Mass of the Last Supper, Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion  and Mass of the Resurrection of the Lord-   with sincerity and deep love in my heart,  true piety and faithful attention  to all that occurs at your Son’s altar.   I ask all of this by your intercession  to Your Son, Christ our Lord. Amen.