Pope Francis at his General Audience explained the significance of the Easter Triduum, beginning with Holy Thursday, the commemoration of the Lord\u2019s Supper. <\/p>\n
The pope explained that Good Friday is an opportunity to \u201cbring before the crucified Lord our suffering brothers and sisters, and all victims of war, violence and injustice.<\/p>\n
Holy Saturday, he said, is \u201ca day of profound silence\u201d in which Catholics \u201cjoin Mary in her sorrow at her Son\u2019s death, and her trusting expectation of the fulfillment of God\u2019s promises.\u201d<\/p>\n
SUMMARY OF THE POPE\u2019S CATECHESIS IN ENGLISH<\/strong><\/p>\n Dear brothers and sisters, tomorrow, we begin the Easter Triduum and our celebration of the saving mystery of Christ\u2019s passion, death and resurrection. On Maundy Thursday, in the Mass of the Lord\u2019s Supper, we commemorate Christ\u2019s washing the disciples\u2019 feet, his new commandment of love, and his institution of the Eucharist as the abiding memorial of the sacrifice of his body and blood for the salvation of all. On Good Friday, we celebrate Jesus\u2019 redemptive sufferings and death through the solemn reading of the Passion, the Universal Prayer offered for the needs of the Church and the world, and the veneration of the wood of the cross. In this way, we bring before the crucified Lord our suffering brothers and sisters, and all victims of war, violence and injustice. On Holy Saturday, a day of profound silence, we join Mary in her sorrow at her Son\u2019s death, and her trusting expectation of the fulfillment of God\u2019s promises. At the Easter Vigil, the light of the paschal candle and solemn chant of the Alleluia joyfully announce Christ\u2019s victory over sin and death. In this time of pandemic, may our celebration of the paschal mystery proclaim the cross of Christ as a light shining in the darkness and an enduring sign of hope in God\u2019s promise of new life.<\/em><\/p>\n I cordially greet the English-speaking faithful. May this Holy Week lead us to celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord Jesus with hearts purified and renewed by the grace of the Holy Spirit. God bless you!<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" March 31, 2021. He reflected on the significance of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cQvdwRjFEdc","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bncud3103eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bncud3103eng.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45467"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}