HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE


  •  Parish Office is closed from Holy Thursday to Easter Monday.
  • No Adoration on Thursday and Friday of Holy Week, nor Easter Monday.


Monday of Holy Week

Mass: 9:00 AM

 


Tuesday of Holy Week

Mass: 9:00 AM

No 6:30 PM Mass


Priestly Day of Reflection and Chrism Mass

Cathedral of Christ the King

2699 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30305

The priests of the Archdiocese of Atlanta together with the bishops will have a Day of Reflection and celebrate the Chrism Mass. The Mass begins at 4pm and is open to the public. During the Mass, the Archbishop will bless the oils to be used throughout the year (Oil of the Sick, Oil of Catechumens and Sacred Chrism). During the same Mass, all the priests will renew their priestly promise of obedience and fidelity to Christ and the Church.

 

 

Wednesday of Holy Week

Mass: 9:00 AM



Holy Thursday – Mass of the Lord’s Supper

No 9:00 AM Mass

Bilingual Mass: 7:00 PM *


*Holy Thursday Mass concludes with a procession of the Blessed Sacrament to the chapel (altar of repose) and there is adoration until midnight.



Good Friday of the Passion of the Lord

Stations of the Cross and Divine Mercy Chaplet (English): 12:00 PM

Lenten Meditation and Tenebrae: 1:00 PM*

Spanish Stations of the Cross: 3:00 PM

Spanish Veneration of the Cross: 4:00 PM

Veneration of the Cross (English): 7:00 PM


*Lenten Meditation will be a reflection on the five sorrowful mysteries of the most holy rosary.



Holy Saturday

Blessing of the Easter Foods: 12:00 PM in the chapel

Bilingual Easter Vigil: 8:30 PM

 


Easter Sunday – The Resurrection of the Lord
Masses:

8:00 AM

10:00 AM

10:15 AM (Gym)

12:30 PM

2:30 PM (Spanish)

5:00 PM (Spanish)

Easter Triduum (Holy Thursday to Easter Vigil)

During these three days, the Church celebrates one single sacrifice of the Mass.


Holy Thursday: On Holy Thursday, we commemorate the institution of the Holy Eucharist. At the Last Supper, on the night he was betrayed, Jesus offered his Body and Blood to the Father under the appearances of bread and wine. After giving them to the apostles to eat and drink, he instructed them and their successors to “do this in memory of me” (Luke 22:19). This single act gave birth to both the Holy Eucharist and the priesthood. The institution of the Holy Eucharist is accompanied by the washing of the feet of his apostles. Through this, Christ concretizes the entire purpose of the incarnation. God had to descend to our lowly human state to raise us up to his divine state.


Good Friday: On this day, Christ our paschal lamb is sacrificed (1 Cor. 5:7). The true lamb replaces the symbolic lamb and all that was prophesied about the Messiah comes to fruition. Indeed, this sacrifice becomes the definitive act of God’s redemptive love for man and so, we venerate the Cross because it is the instrument used by God to demonstrate this outpouring of his love for us. By his stripes, we are healed (Isaiah 53:5).


Easter Vigil: This is the night of the Resurrection. Without the resurrection, death becomes a hopeless end, and our faith has no value (1 Cor. 15:14). It is in the resurrection that Christ defeats the power of darkness and sin. It is most aptly put in the Exultet (Easter song of praise): “The power of this holy night dispels all evil, washes guilt away, restores lost innocence, brings mourners joy; it casts out hatred, brings us peace and humbles earthly pride.”