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Worship

Holy Week


Holy Week and Easter Day at Saint Francis

The Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday
March 16 
8:00 am: Holy Eucharist
9:00 & 11:15 am: Choral Eucharist and Liturgy of the Palms

Monday in Holy Week
March 17
6:00 pm: Holy Eucharist, in the chapel 

Tuesday in Holy Week
March 18
6:00 pm: Holy Eucharist, in the chapel

Wednesday in Holy Week
March 19
10:00 am: Holy Eucharist, in the chapel
6:00 pm: Holy Eucharist, in the chapel

Maundy Thursday
March 20
6:30 pm: Maundy Thursday Supper in Saint Francis Hall.
7:30 pm: Maundy Thursday Liturgy: Holy Eucharist and the Stripping of the Altar

Good Friday
March 21
12 to 3 pm: The Three-Hour Service
The tolling of the bell 33 times. Hymns and Meditations on “The Words from the Cross” in 20 minute segments. Come when you can; leave when you must.

Holy Saturday
March 22
9:15 am: Holy Saturday Office
A simple service of the Word. 

Easter Eve
4:00 pm: Holy Baptism (no Eucharist) 

Easter Day: The Feast of the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
March 23
7:30 am: Traditional Eucharist with Hymns 
(Note the time is not the usual 8:00 am.)

9:00 am, 11:15 am: Festival Choral Eucharist with brass and timpani.






  










It is right to praise you, Almighty God, for the acts of love by which you have redeemed us through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. On this day he entered the holy city of Jerusalem in triumph, and was proclaimed as King of kings by those who spread their garments and branches of palm along his way. Let these branches be for us signs of his victory, and grant that we who bear them in his name may ever hail him as our King . . .


When the hour had come for him to be glorified by you, his
heavenly Father, having loved his own who were in the 
world, he loved them to the end; at supper with them he took
bread, and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it, and 
gave it to his disciples, and said, 'Take, eat: This is my Body, 
which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.

Dear People of God: Our heavenly Father sent his Son into
the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world
through him might be saved; that all who believe in him
might be delivered from the power of sin and death, and
become heirs with him of everlasting life.

O God, Creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the tomb and
rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with him the coming of the third day, and rise with him to newness of
life . . .

Rejoice now, heavenly hosts and choirs of angels, and let your trumpets shout Salvation for the victory of our mighty King.
Rejoice and sing now, all the round earth, bright with a glorious splendor, 
for darkness has been vanquished by our eternal King.
Rejoice and be glad now, Mother Church, and let your holy courts, in radiant light, resound with the praises of your people.