Holy Week and Easter

/ St. Mark's Episcopal Church/

Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

Holy Week is the highlight of the Christian year, celebrating the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Join us for this most important week of the entire Christian year.

April 13 - 20

 

The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday

April 13

Low Mass 8:00 am
Matins and Lauds 9:00 am
Holy Rosary 10:30 am
Liturgy of the Palms and High Mass 11:00 am
Vespers and Benediction 3:00 pm

 

Holy Monday

April 14

Midday Prayer 10:45 am
Mass 11:00 am

 

Holy Tuesday

April 15

Midday Prayer 10:45 am
Mass 11:00 am

 

Holy Wednesday

April 16

Midday Prayer 10:45 am
Mass 11:00 am
First Tenebrae of the Triduum 6:00 pm

 

Maundy Thursday

April 17

High Mass of the Lord’s Supper 7:00 pm

 

Good Friday

April 18

Second Tenebrae of the Triduum 9:00 am
Holy Rosary 11:30 am
Solemn Liturgy and Mass of the Presanctified 12:00 noon
Confessions 2:00 pm
Stations of the Cross - Maria Desolata 3:00 pm
Third Tenebrae of the Triduum 6:00 pm

 

The Great Vigil of Easter

April 19

The Great Vigil of Easter 7:00 pm

 

Easter Day

April 20

Low Mass of the Dawn 8:00 am
Matins and Lauds 9:00 am
Holy Rosary 10:30 am
Procession and High Mass 11:00 am
Vespers 1:30 pm

 

News from the Rector

Rector's Journal
From the Rector: Visitations, Ordinations, and a Quadrilateral
From the Rector: Visitations, Ordinations, and a Quadrilateral

This Lent we will have two visitations of the Bishop. On Friday, March 14, Bishop Fitzpatrick will be at St. Mark’s to ordain two deacons who will eventually be ordained priests. The mass is at 11:00 am, and one of the ordinands is Erin Richardson Severin. Erin went through discernment at St. Mark’s, and she is in her final year of seminary studies at the School of Theology at Sewanee. All are most welcome to attend the mass.

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From the Rector: The Shape of Lent
From the Rector: The Shape of Lent

Last Sunday at the Rector's Forum I presented our parish Shape of Lent booklet. If you were not able to attend, copies have been placed in the Parish Hall and the Church. The Shape of Lent has been a labor of love of some parishioners since last summer.

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From the Rector: Preparing for a Holy Lent
From the Rector: Preparing for a Holy Lent

Ash Wednesday is less than two weeks away. Last Sunday was Septuagesima, seventy days before Easter; this coming Sunday is Sexagesima, sixty days before Easter; and March 2 is Quinquagesima, fifty days before Easter. If you are doing the math, you quickly discover these Latin titles are symbolic. These Sundays are often called Pre-Lent, and in some churches the color has already changed to violet, and the alleluias have been removed. 

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From the Rector: Musical Chairs with the Organ Speakers
From the Rector: Musical Chairs with the Organ Speakers

This past Sunday we celebrated the ancient feast of Candlemas. I mentioned in the homily that if this feast falls on a Sunday, it supersedes the Sunday after Epiphany. Some churches leave their nativity scenes out until Candlemas, as for many this is the feast that officially ends the Christmas cycle. Sunday was the fortieth day after Christmas, when we hear the final childhood story of Jesus - his presentation in the Jerusalem Temple where Simeon and Anna greet the Holy Family.

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From the Rector: Sacrifice and Faith
From the Rector: Sacrifice and Faith

This Sunday is the fortieth day after Christmas, and according to the Gospel of Saint Luke, it was when Mary and Jesus brought the infant Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem. It is there that Simeon and Anna greet the Christ Child with joy, for the Messiah has entered the Temple. The Kingdom of God has arrived.

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From the Rector: A Full Epiphany-tide
From the Rector: A Full Epiphany-tide

I want to begin by thanking everyone for our joyful annual meeting last Sunday. Everyone was in good spirits, and the meeting ran smoothly. Thank you to the vestry for providing the lunch, and gratitude is due to Dr. Michael Ida for his financial presentation. It was also good to see the Parish Hall filled with our parishioners for the meeting.

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