SUNDAY (April 2, 2023)

Palm Sunday (2^nd Sunday of Passiontide)

2:00 pm, Holy Ghost Church, Knoxville  

    [later start due to length of liturgy]

TRADITIONAL LATIN HOLY WEEK AT HOLY GHOST

The ancient Latin liturgy of Holy Week—from Palm Sunday to the Sacred Triduum and the Easter Vigil—is the jewel in the crown of the classical Roman Rite. This year’s complete schedule here:

Monday (April 3)

11 am Conference by Fr. Joseph Hamilton (details HERE)

12 pm Missa Solemnis

11 am Conference by Fr. Joseph Hamilton

12 pm Missa Solemnis

Wednesday (April 5)

11 am Conference by Fr. Joseph Hamilton

12 pm Missa Solemnis

8 pm Tenebrae

Holy Thursday (April 6)

3 pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper

8 pm Tenebrae

Good Friday (April 7)

5:30 pm Veneration of the Cross and Mass of the Presanctified

8 pm Tenebrae

Holy Saturday (April 8)

11 pm-4 am Easter Vigil and Mass

The Divine Office of Tenebrae is a venerable Holy Week devotion dating back well into the first millennium of Christianity. It is characterized by the successive extinguishing of fifteen candle as the service progresses. The three Sacred Triduum celebrations of Tenebrae (Latin for “darkness”) feature the chanting of Psalms and the Lamentations of Jeremiah in the enveloping pre-dawn darkness. These services comprise a trilogy on the Passion of Our Lord that is regarded as a masterpiece of the traditional Roman rite. No liturgical services during the entire church year are more biblical.