…It is important to remember that this three-day sacred celebration is not a commemoration. It is rather one single liturgy: actually to share in the ongoing here and now accomplishment of our salvation.
The Holy Thursday introduction of the Lord’s Supper is marked primarily by the humiliation of a servant pouring water into a basin and washing feet. From there he opens what it means to share in his Passion, namely “to do the same.” Good Friday brings us to the suffering of Christ in a Liturgy of the Word that proclaims the Gospel of the Lord’s Passion. Holy Saturday is the stark silence with Jesus in the tomb, as he descends among the dead. No liturgy of any kind is to be celebrated.
These three events find their completion during the night of the vigil of Easter. A primary symbol of the resurrection is that of light overcoming darkness: “Christ our light!”
(The above is an excerpt from a reflection by Friar Wayne Hellmann. Read the full text at https://www.franciscansusa.org/why-triduum/)
Below are video reflections for Good Friday from Friar Franck-Lino Sokpolie and for Holy Thursday from Friar Bryan Hajovsky –
May you have a Blessed Triduum and a joyful Easter!
