It's difficult to find the right words
to describe the Easter Triduum –– its beauty and solemnity, its pregnant
meaning... Those who have experienced it just once find themselves
waiting impatiently for these three days throughout all the season of Lent. Triduum
is the goal, the culmination, the extraordinary endpoint of our journey through
forty days in the Lenten desert. It is unlike any other moment in
the Church’s liturgical calendar – it’s almost like stepping over a threshold,
out of chronological time and into kairos time, into a sacred
space unique in the depth of engagement it offers, and in the beauty of liturgy
that graces it. Nothing, nothing, is like the Triduum
liturgy, three awed days of total immersion, body, heart, and soul, into the Passion,
Death, and Resurrection of our Lord. If you have never participated
before, now is the time: you will never forget this incredible
experience of time-out-of-time.
Join us first on Holy Thursday evening for the Feast of the Lord’s Supper
and recall Jesus kneeling humbly before his disciples to wash their feet, then
blessing, breaking, and sharing bread – the first Eucharist – with his
disciples… Process afterwards with us to O'Brien Hall for Adoration of the
Blessed Sacrament…
Follow in Jesus’ footsteps on the Way of the Cross Friday afternoon, and
venerate the Wood of the Cross in remembrance of his death at the most
extraordinary Communion service of the liturgical year… Friday evening,
join Christians from all Mill Valley churches at the ecumenical Tenebrae
service graciously hosted by Peace Lutheran Church…
Witness the Light of Christ as it slowly fills Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Church on Holy Saturday evening, and hear the story of salvation history, from
Genesis to Romans… punctuated with a joyful Gloria that tells us that
Resurrection is at hand…
And then, at last, on Easter Sunday, join in the joyful proclamation of
Jesus Risen and know in the depth of your being God’s faithful and abiding
love…. Alleluia!
Come, step into the sacred space of Triduum!
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