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    I came to the United States in 2009. Little by little I started not only to learn English, but also to learn about American culture. All of its traditions were new to me. Thanksgiving, Christmas, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, the Fourth of July, etc. Once, I was chatting with a friend, and he asked me about the celebration of Holy Week in the United States. Immediately, I started to remember the way that we celebrated Holy Week in Colombia, and of course, it was very different. Colombia has a lot of processions, a lot of people, activities for children, youth, and adults. Long lines of people waiting for their turn to go to the sacrament of Reconciliation, long ceremonies (people do not care about time), and even the Easter Vigil was a long celebration (around 4 hours). Of course, all of these flashbacks happened in a second. I then described the way Americans celebrate the Holy Week, which of course was very different. My friend said to me that Holy Week in America was “boring.” I laughed and explained that Holy week in America is just very different.

    I believe that even though there are not the same expressions of faith during the most important week of the year for all Christian people, the Americans have wonderful expressions of faith because they understand the real importance of this week (At least, I want to believe so).

    We praise the Lord on Palm Sunday and recognize Jesus not only as the King of the Jews, but also as the King of the Universe. He is the King of our lives. We praise Him with palms saying, “Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; hosanna in the highest” (Matthew 21:9).

    On Holy Thursday we celebrate the sacrament of Love, the Eucharist. At the Last Supper, Our Lord Jesus Christ wanted to stay with us in the bread and wine. We need to say to the Lord “thank you” for all the wonderful gifts that the Lord gave us in this Supper.

    On Good Friday Jesus died for us on the Cross. He cleansed us of our sins through His sacrifice because by the Holy Cross, He has redeemed the world. We call this day “Good” not because it was good to see a man die on a Cross, but by the act of Jesus through His death, He restored our friendship with God.

    On Easter vigil the Christians rejoice at the triumphant Resurrection of the Lord. St. Paul says, “If Christ has not been raised, then empty [too] is our preaching; empty, too, your faith” (1 Cor. 15, 14). Easter Vigil is the center of our faith. The resurrection of Christ gave us hope and the possibility to go to the house of our Heavenly Father.

    Even though the way Christians celebrate Holy Week is different, we have the same spirit. The Lord Jesus saved all of us regardless of our traditions, nationality, language, or culture. We commemorate His passion, death, and resurrection. We live these sacred mysteries with faith and love. We say thank you to the Lord for His sacrifice on the Cross and His resurrection from death.

    God bless you, and may the Blessed Virgin be with you always

    Fr. Jorge Ramirez


This Week’s Mass Intentions

Saturday, March 23, 2024

PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD

4:30 pm (VIGIL) Frances Horgan, req. by Sheila Vaeth

Sunday, March 24, 2024

8:30 am For the people of Holy Trinity, living and deceased
10:30 am Mary Ricci, req. by Kathy & Joe DiMaria

Monday, March 25, 2024

9:00 am Edmund Saetta (9th Anniversary), req. by Wife, Elaine & family

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

9:00 am Richard DeLutis, req. by Jim & Nancy Rank

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

9:00 am Stephen Galante, req. by Jean Fuehrer

Thursday, March 28, 2024

HOLY THURSDAY

9:00 am Morning Prayer

7:00 pm Mass of the Last Supper

Friday, March 29, 2024

FRIDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD
(GOOD FRIDAY)

9:00 am Morning Prayer
3:00 pm Passion of Our Lord
7:00 pm Stations of the Cross

Saturday, March 30, 2024

HOLY SATURDAY

9:00 am Morning Prayer
8:00 pm (VIGIL) Easter Vigil

Sunday, March 31, 2024

EASTER SUNDAY
OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD

8:30 am For the people of Holy Trinity, living and deceased
10:30 am For the people of Holy Trinity, living and deceased

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Reading I
Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14

The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
“This month shall stand at the head of your calendar;
you shall reckon it the first month of the year.
Tell the whole community of Israel:
On the tenth of this month every one of your families
must procure for itself a lamb, one apiece for each household.
If a family is too small for a whole lamb,
it shall join the nearest household in procuring one
and shall share in the lamb
in proportion to the number of persons who partake of it.
The lamb must be a year-old male and without blemish.
You may take it from either the sheep or the goats.
You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month,
and then, with the whole assembly of Israel present,
it shall be slaughtered during the evening twilight.
They shall take some of its blood
and apply it to the two doorposts and the lintel
of every house in which they partake of the lamb.
That same night they shall eat its roasted flesh
with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

“This is how you are to eat it:
with your loins girt, sandals on your feet and your staff in hand,
you shall eat like those who are in flight.
It is the Passover of the LORD.
For on this same night I will go through Egypt,
striking down every firstborn of the land, both man and beast,
and executing judgment on all the gods of Egypt—I, the LORD!
But the blood will mark the houses where you are.
Seeing the blood, I will pass over you;
thus, when I strike the land of Egypt,
no destructive blow will come upon you.

“This day shall be a memorial feast for you,
which all your generations shall celebrate
with pilgrimage to the LORD, as a perpetual institution.”


Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18

R. (cf. 1 Cor 10:16)  Our blessing-cup is a communion with the Blood of Christ.
How shall I make a return to the LORD
            for all the good he has done for me?
The cup of salvation I will take up,
            and I will call upon the name of the LORD.
R. Our blessing-cup is a communion with the Blood of Christ.
Precious in the eyes of the LORD
            is the death of his faithful ones.
I am your servant, the son of your handmaid;
            you have loosed my bonds.
R. Our blessing-cup is a communion with the Blood of Christ.
To you will I offer sacrifice of thanksgiving,
            and I will call upon the name of the LORD.
My vows to the LORD I will pay
            in the presence of all his people.
R. Our blessing-cup is a communion with the Blood of Christ.


Reading II
1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Brothers and sisters:
I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you,
that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over,
took bread, and, after he had given thanks,
broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.”
In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying,
“This cup is the new covenant in my blood.
Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup,
you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.


Gospel
John 13:1-15

Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come
to pass from this world to the Father.
He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end.
The devil had already induced Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot, to hand him over.
So, during supper,
fully aware that the Father had put everything into his power
and that he had come from God and was returning to God,
he rose from supper and took off his outer garments.
He took a towel and tied it around his waist.
Then he poured water into a basin
and began to wash the disciples’ feet
and dry them with the towel around his waist.
He came to Simon Peter, who said to him,
“Master, are you going to wash my feet?”
Jesus answered and said to him,
“What I am doing, you do not understand now,
but you will understand later.”
Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet.”
Jesus answered him,
“Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me.”
Simon Peter said to him,
“Master, then not only my feet, but my hands and head as well.”
Jesus said to him,
“Whoever has bathed has no need except to have his feet washed,
            for he is clean all over;
so you are clean, but not all.”
For he knew who would betray him;
for this reason, he said, “Not all of you are clean.”

So when he had washed their feet
and put his garments back on and reclined at table again,
he said to them, “Do you realize what I have done for you?
You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’  and rightly so, for indeed I am.
If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet,
you ought to wash one another’s feet.
I have given you a model to follow,
so that as I have done for you, you should also do.”

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