Author: Fr Ed

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Holy Week and Easter services

Holy Week & Easter 2020

all services are adapted from the full liturgy and broadcast online (at the moment on the St Alphonse FaceBook page, and shortly via Zoom) Service sheets will be published for all liturgies.

Saturday 04 April
11:00                      Service of Reconciliation
                                             Make your Easter Confession and be assured of pardon and peace
21:00-22:00           Eucharistic Adoration, with Night Prayer at 21:45

Sunday 5th April
11:15 Palm Sunday Mass
                                        Suggestions for blessing of Palms to follow
21:00-22:00          Eucharistic Adoration, with Night Prayer at 21:45

Mon 6th-Wed 8th April
11:00-12:00          Morning Prayer and Eucharistic Adoration
21:00-22:00           Eucharistic Adoration, with Night Prayer at 21:45

Thursday 9th April (Holy Thursday)
11:00-12:00          Morning Prayer and Eucharistic Adoration
19:00                     Mass of the Lord’s Supper

 Friday 10th April (Good Friday)
15:00                    Celebration of the Passion of the Lord
19:00                    Meditation on the suffering and death of Jesus

Saturday 11th April (Holy Saturday)
10:00                     Blessing of Easter baskets (Święconka PL)
19:00                     First Mass of Easter

 Sunday 12th April (Easter Sunday)
11:15                     Mass of the Resurrection

Thank you for your patience and understanding in these challenging times

Fr Ed
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Facing Unusual Times – Tips for Prayer – Week II – by Fr HP

Part I, Part II, and Part III of the essay The Mass on the World, written in 1923 by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955), a Jesuit priest, a theologian and a palaeontologist, were successively read last week and this past week (All posts are available on www.catholic.lu  under the general title “Facing Unusual Times”)

As was the case last Friday, below (pdf file) are some tips for prayer which you may find helpful to accompany you this coming weekend on your own spiritual journey.

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Next week we will take a break. It is Holy Week. Specific proposals will be made from Monday to Wednesday.

We will be back with the continuation of The Mass on the World by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin after Easter.

“Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of Heaven and Earth” (Ps 123 (124), v. 8)

Fr HP

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Facing Unusual Times – Part VII – by Fr HP

This is the seventh post sent to you with a view to try and help you while “Facing Unusual Times”.  This post is available as a written document by clicking on the flyer below:

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A second post with tips for prayers for the weekend will follow suit later today.

Next week we will take a break. It is Holy Week. Specific proposals will be made from Monday to Wednesday.

We will be back with the continuation of The Mass on the World by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin after Easter.
“Our help is in the name of the Lord, the Maker of Heaven and Earth” (Ps 123 (124), v. 8)

Fr HP