The Sacred PaSchal Triduum. St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church O Fallon, Illinois

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1 The Sacred PaSchal Triduum Holy Thursday Page 4 Evening Mass of the Lord s Supper About the Holy Thursday Liturgy Page 11 Good Friday Page 12 Celebration of the Passion of the Lord About the Good Friday Liturgy Page 16 The Significance of the Paschal Candle Page 17 Holy Saturday Page 18 The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night About the Easter Vigil Page 27 St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church O Fallon, Illinois Fr. Jim Deiters Pastor Dennis Vander Ven Deacon Jane Dotson Director of Family Faith Formation Stephen Eros Director of Liturgy & Music Matthew Flynn Director of Adult Faith Formation & Mission Thank you for praying with us during this most holy season! We encourage visitors to explore more about our parish on our website www. stclarechurch.org and our Facebook Page St. Clare Catholic Church. Please feel free to check in and share a photo on our page, commemorating your experience praying at this year s Triduum liturgies!

2 Welcome To our Triduum celebration! We gather here to celebrate the Three Great Days of our liturgical year. In the midst of our busy lives and schedules, we need these days, rituals, and prayers to remind us of who we are, what we are about, and where we are going. This is the time when we recall most succinctly how our lives are a part of the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Here we will remember what it means when we proclaim every Mass, Save Us, Savior of the World, for by your cross and resurrection, you have set us free! We welcome in a special way those who are visiting us. Together we gather in a spirit of deep prayer. And every time we pray together, we are changed. Open your heart to God s Spirit calling you to a new life during these days together. Remember that these three days are one celebration. Take time out of your schedule and stay with the Lord in prayer, just as the apostles did in the garden with Jesus. May these days of prayer give you a new vision of your significant place in our journey with Christ. The new Jerusalem is our destiny. May the blessed and new life of Christ s Resurrection fill your heart with God s Holy Spirit! God bless you, Fr. Jim Deiters Pastor Praying The Triduum Hungry now and excited, the church gathers in the darkness and lights a new fire and a great candle that will make this night bright for us. We listen to some of the most powerful scriptures in the Bible, then we pray to all our saints to stand with us as we go the font and bless the waters. Here the catechumens are baptized and anointed. These are the moments when death and life meet, when we reject evil and give our promises to God. Together we go the altar and celebrate the Easter eucharist. Easter Sunday begins and we are ready for Fifty Days of rejoicing! easter communion gerard manley hopkins ( ) Pure fasted faces draw unto this feast: God comes all sweetness to your Lenten lips. You striped in secret with breath-taking whips, Those crooked rough-scored chequers may be pieced To crosses meant for Jesus; you whom the East With draught of thin and pursuant cold so nips Breathe Easter now; you serged fellowships, You vigil-keepers with low ames decreased, God shall o er-brim the measures you have spent With oil of gladness, for sackcloth and frieze And the ever-fretting shirt of punishment Give myrrhy-threaded golden folds of ease. Your scarce-sheathed bones are weary of being bent: Lo, God shall strengthen all the feeble knees. The music in this booklet has been printed with permission under WLP License D176100A and OneLicense A

3 concluding rites Solemn blessing and dismissal recessional hymn JeSuS christ is ris n Today Easter Hymn a SPecial Thank You We are grateful for the many ministries, groups, and individuals who helped make this year s Triduum celebration so special. Administrative Staff - Marcia Fix & Jamae Shubirg Art & Environment Committee Boy Scout Troop - Easter Vigil Fire Choirs and Instrumentalists Hospitality Committee Jim Calandro - Altar Server Coordinator Liturgical Ministers Office Volunteers Pat Jurgensmeyer - Facilities Manager RCIA Catechists & Sponsors Third Graders and Parents - Foot Washing & Eucharistic Procession Youth Ministry Teens - Foot Washing PoSTlude ToccaTa on now The Joyful celebration Robert Chamberlin 26

4 Prelude holy ThurSday evening mass of The lord S SuPPer le banquet céleste Olivier Messiaen ( ) lord S Prayer Sign of Peace communion rite lamb of god mass of WiSdom Steve Janco Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Olivier Messiaen was one of the most prominent French composers of the 20th century. Le banque céleste was composed in 1928 while Messiaen was studying at the Paris Conservatory. Messiaen was a devout Catholic and based much of his music on scripture passages and religious ideas, as noted above. The unique and sustained chords creates a very ethereal mood that remains throughout the piece. The pedal enters after few minutes in a very unusual way, playing staccato (short) notes like drops of water as Messiaen indicates. Scholars believe that this signifies drops of Christ s blood falling from the cross. The very slow tempo and overall ambiguity of the piece suggest that to God, time is not as we perceive it. The piece ends on an unresolved chord, symbolizing that the celestial banquet, the Eucharist, is eternal. ProceSSional hymn lift high The cross Crucifier communion chant christ our PaSSover Adam Bartlett Christ our passover has been sacrificed; therefore let us keep the feast with the unleavened bread of purity and truth, alleluia. - 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 communion hymn draw near Steve Janco Verses sung by cantor and choir. Sign of The cross and greeting PeniTenTial act 4 communion motet ave verum corpus W. A. Mozart Ave verum corpus, natum de Maria Virgine, vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine cuius latus perforatum fluxit aqua et sanguine: esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine. Prayer after communion 25 Hail, true Body, born of the Virgin Mary, who having truly suffered, was sacrificed on the cross for mankind, whose pierced side flowed with water and blood: May it be for us a foretaste in the trial of death.

5 iv: liturgy of The eucharist offertory anthem SurrexiT christus gloria mass of WiSdom Aaron David Miller Surrexit Christus, Alleluia! Christ is Risen, Alleluia! holy, holy, holy mystery of faith acclamation great amen mass of WiSdom mass of WiSdom mass of WiSdom 24 Steve Janco Steve Janco Steve Janco 5 Steve Janco

6 blessing of baptismal WaTer ProfeSSion of faith baptism The following acclamation is sung after each baptism. collect liturgy of The Word Full texts for the readings can be found in the back of the hymnal at #1040. first reading Exodus 12:1-8, The law regarding the passover meal. responsorial PSalm PSalm 116:12-13, Paul French clothing WiTh The baptismal garment and PreSenTaTion of a lighted candle confirmation invitation To Prayer and laying on of hands anointing WiTh chrism renewal of baptismal PromiSeS All stand with lighted candles and renew their baptismal Profession of Faith by responding, I do. motet asperges me Antonio Cassciolini Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor, Lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor. Sprinkle me, Lord, with hyssop and I shall be cleansed Wash me, and I shall be washed whiter than snow. 1. 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 on the name of the Lord. 2. 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. Miserere mei, Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam. Gloria patri, et filio, et spiritui sancto. Sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen universal Prayer Have mercy on me, O God, according to your great mercy. Glory to the Father, the Son, and Holy Spitit As it was in the beginning is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen 3. 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. Second reading 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord. 6 22

7 PreSenTaTion of The elect iii: baptismal liturgy gospel acclamation Charles Gardiner invitation To Prayer and litany of SainTS Verse: I give you a new commandment, says the Lord: love one another as I have loved you. gospel John 13:1-15 I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do. Continues with invocations for other saints... homily Fr. Jim Deiters The WaShing of feet ubi caritas Bob Hurd Verses sung by the choir. chant ProPer mandatum novum Adam Bartlett I give you a new commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you, says the Lord. John 13:34 Verses from Psalm 119 universal Prayer Trilingual intercessions Michael Hay 7

8 liturgy of The eucharist offertory motet ubi caritas Ola Gjeilo Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor. Exsultemus, et in ipso jucundemur. Timeamus, et amemus Deum vivum. Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero. eucharistic acclamations Where charity and love are, God is there. Christ's love has gathered together. Let us rejoice and be glad in Him. Let us fear, and let us love the living God. And may we love each other with a sincere heart. SancTuS Chant Mass XVII mystery of faith acclamation Roman Missal Chant collect epistle Romans 6:3-11 Christ, raised from the dead, dies no more. The easter alleluia Chant Mode VIII gospel homily Fr. Jim Deiters great amen Chanted on a single tone. 8 21

9 responsorial PSalm PSalm 19 Chrysogonus Waddelll, OCSO lord S Prayer communion rite Sign of Peace Prayer (All Stand) agnus dei Chant Mass XVII SevenTh reading Ezekiel 36: 16-17a, I shall sprinkle clean water upon you and I shall give you a new heart. responsorial PSalm PSalm 42 Chrysogonus Waddelll, OCSO Prayer (All Stand) communion hymn draw near Steve Janco gloria mass of WiSdom Steve Janco Verses sung by cantor and choir. communion motet ave verum corpus Edward Elgar Ave verum corpus, natum de Maria Virgine, vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine cuius latus perforatum fluxit aqua et sanguine: esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine. O Iesu dulcis, O Iesu pie, O Iesu, li Mariae. Hail, true Body, born of the Virgin Mary, who having truly suffered, was sacrificed on the cross for mankind, whose pierced side flowed with water and blood: May it be for us a foretaste in the trial of death. O sweet Jesus, O holy Jesus, O Jesus, son of Mary. Prayer after communion 20 9

10 TranSfer of The most blessed SacramenT Pange lingua gloriosi Repeat verses 1-4 until the procession has arrived at the altar of repose. We will sing verses 5 & 6 once the procession arrives at the altar of repose. Prayer (All Stand) Third reading Exodus 14:15-15:1 And the sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on dry land. responsorial PSalm exodus 15 Scott Soper Prayer (All Stand) fourth reading Isaiah 54: 5-14 With enduring love, the Lord your redeemer takes pity on you. responsorial PSalm PSalm 30 Owen Alstott Prayer (All Stand) fifth reading Isaiah 55: 1-11 Come to me that you may have life. I will renew with you an everlasting covenant. responsorial PSalm isaiah 12 Marty Haugen Prayer (All Stand) 10 SixTh reading Baruch 3: 9-15, 3: 32-4:4 Walk toward the splendor of the Lord. 19

11 holy SaTurday The great easter vigil in The holy night i: lucernarium blessing of The fire and PreParaTion of The candle Please depart in silence. Please leave this booklet on the table in the gathering space. Eucharistic Adoration until Compline (Night Prayer) at 9:30pm Lauds (Morning Prayer) tomorrow at 8:00am Good Friday Stations of the Cross tomorrow at 3:00pm The easter ProclamaTion exultet In this ancient text, the Church gives thanks and praise to God for all that is recalled this night: Adam s fall, the deliverence from Egypt, the passover of Christ, the wedding of earth and heaven, our reconciliation. ii: liturgy of The Word first reading Genesis 1:1-2:2 And God saw all that He made, and behold, it was very good. responsorial PSalm PSalm 33 Richard Proulx/Joseph Gelineau, SJ Prayer (All Stand) Praying the Paschal Triduum We begin the Paschal Triduum Latin for Three Days with this Evening Mass of the Lord s Supper. These three days are the holiest in our liturgical calendar; in fact, to set them apart even more, the Church designates these three days as its own liturgical season. After listening to the scriptures, we do something strange: we wash feet. The priest goes down on his knees with a pitcher of water, basin, and towels. Jesus gave us this image of what the church is supposed to look life, feel like, act like. We hear the choir sing the Mandatum (commandment) text, which the Church appropriately prescribes for this time in the liturgy. The act of washing feet is a rehearsal for the Christian life, as is the next thing we do the Collection on Holy Thursday is traditionally an offering for the poor. As we do at every Mass, we celebrate the Liturgy of the Eucharist, but tonight we have an opportunity to feel a deeper connection as we commemorate Christ instituting the Eucharist at the last supper. This evening s liturgy has no ending. Rather, the Triduum is viewed as one continuous liturgy or time of prayer. Strive to make these next days prayerful, so you can feel the presence of the sacred mysteries we re celebrating even at home, work, and school. Whether we stay to pray awhile before the Blessed Sacrament or leave, we are now in the quiet and peace and glory of the Triduum. Second reading genesis 22:1-18 The sacrfice of Abraham our father in faith. responsorial PSalm PSalm 16 John Schiavone/Joseph Gelineau, SJ 18 11

12 ProceSSion collect good friday celebration of The PaSSion of The lord Please stand as the procession enters in silence. All kneel when the presider lies prostrate at the foot of the sanctuary. We give ThankS for The Work of The bees Written by Martin Marklin of Marklin Candle Design, the maker of our Paschal Candle Each year as the sun sets on the eve of the first Sunday after the vernal equinox, Christians around the world gather to light and bless a fire. The flame from that fire ignites a candle the Paschal Candle which then leads a procession into a darkened church. From that single candle, all who gather light individual candles. Standing next to this pillar of fire, the deacon, priest, or lay minister, sings the great Easter Proclamation, the Exultet. This ancient hymn recounts God s saving hand throughout history. It celebrates that night when Christ broke the chains of death and rose triumphantly from the grave. i: liturgy of The Word Readings can be found in the back of the hymnal at #1043 first reading Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Surely our griefs He Himself bore, and our sorrows He carried. responsorial PSalm PSalm 31 Ephrem Feely 1. In you, O Lord, I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame. In your justice, set me free. You will redeem me, O Lord, O faithful God. 2. Because of all my foes I have become a reproach, an object of scorn to my neighbors and of fear to my friends. 3. Those who see me in the street flee from me. I am forgotten, like someone dead, and have become like a broken vessel. 4. But as for me, I trust in you, O Lord; I say, You are my God. My lot is in your hands, deliver me from the hands of my enemies and those who pursue me. 5. Let your face shine on your servant. Save me in your merciful love. Be strong, let your heart take courage, all who hope in the Lord. Second reading Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. homily 12 Fr. Jim Deiters Lighting a candle to mark significant and life changing moments, however, is not unique to the Easter Vigil. Think for a moment of the times when we light candles. We mark the beginning and passing of life by lighting candles on birthdays and at funerals. Flowers and candles immediately mark the site where lives were lost due to a tragedy. Peace marches are held at night in candlelight. The Olympics begin with a flame that has been carried across the globe. And in our homes, candles add warmth and romance to dinners with our beloved. This inextricable bond between candles and the need to mark life s moments transcends nationality, race, and culture. It is an expression of what it means to be human and alive. It has been said that a candle not lighted is dead. We light candles, in fact, to have light. And it is for the sake of the flame that a candle exists. As such, a candle is the very symbol of a sacrifice wax consumed to produce light. How appropriate, then, that a candle should remind us of Christ, who gave his life that we might have eternal light. The final passages of the Exultet extol the virtues of the Paschal Candle, and more significantly, the creatures who labor to make it. Speak to any beekeeper, and you will quickly learn of the virtues of the honeybee. Beeswax is an organic product, produced by the honeybee, and is relatively little known compared to the other gift honey which gives this creature its very name. A colony may have as many as 60,000 bees and yield hundreds of pounds of honey in a season. Yes, this same number of bees will produce only a pound or two of wax during the same time. Only the worker (virgin) produces wax for approximately eight days in her life. She secretes waxy flakes from glands on her abdomen, which become beeswax when chewed and expectorated. The workers will use this wax to create a hexagonal cell structure, called the comb, which will serve as the hive s nursery and pantry. Into each hexagonal cell, a queen will lay an egg or a nurse bee will store nectar (its carbohydrate) or pollen (its protein). The bees build each cell at precisely 5.2 mm in diameter and work entirely in the dark. In the 4th century, St. John Chrysostom wrote, The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others. While some native bees are solitary, the honeybee (apis mellifera) is not. It survives only in a colony. It is the role-model of communal living. Tasks are undertaken by all, food is held in common, and the survival of the colony supersedes any individual s interest. The female bee loses her life if she stings another out of defense. During the winter months, bees do not hibernate. Rather, they cluster around the queen and thermo-regulate the temperature of the colony. A bee will not survive apart from the cluster. Since ancient times, the honeybee has been an iconic symbol of industriousness. The phrase, busy as a bee refers to the fact that the bee never sleeps. During the summer months, a bee lives for only about six weeks. The first half of her life is spent in the hive, attending to the queen, nursing the brood, and building comb. It is only in the second half of her life that she will forage, seeking nearby flora for nectar and pollen. She uses the sun as her GPS and can travel several miles from her hive seeking food. Worker bees communicate the location of food stores by a special dance performed in the hive. This sophisticated dance, called a waggle dance, relays both the direction and the distance from the hive. The scientific community refers to this behavior as evangelization. Why not be the bee seeking that which is beautiful in the world, transforming it in our own lives, and giving back to the community something even more precious. 17

13 Prayer after communion All are invited to remain seated during the reading of the Passion gospel acclamation Charles Gardiner Prayer over The PeoPle Please depart in silence. Please leave this booklet on the table in the gathering space. Lauds (Morning Prayer) tomorrow at 8:00am Praying the Paschal Triduum Verse: Christ became obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every other name. PaSSion gospel John 18:1-19:42 The Solemn intercessions We continue celebrating the Paschal Triduum with the solemn celebration of the Lord s Passion. We gather in silence, continuing our prayer from yesterday. The procession enters the church in silence, and the priest lies prostrate at the foot of the sanctuary a powerful image. The first major part of this service is the powerful text proclaimed from Isaiah. Today, we hear the Passion according to St. John. We pray at length for all the world s needs in the Solemn Intercessions. Similar to last evening s once-a-year ritual of the washing of the feet, tonight we venerate the cross. The holy cross is held up in our midst and we come forward one by one to do reverence with a kiss, bow, or genuflection. The church environment is barren for this liturgy. Likewise, the music for this service is very solemn and simple. We continue in fasting, prayer and vigil, in rest and quiet through Saturday. All kneel in silent prayer before each intercession. I. For Holy Church II. For the Pope III. For all orders and degrees of the Faithful IV. For catechumens V. For the unity of Christians VI. For the Jewish people VII. For those who do not believe in Christ VIII. For those who do not believe in God IX. For those in public office X. For those in tribulation collection Offering for the preservation of the sacred places in the Holy Land. ii: The adoration of The holy cross The ShoWing of The cross 16 13

14 music during The veneration of The cross all you Who PaSS ThiS Way All are invited to venerate the cross individually. It is customary to venerate the cross with a genufection, bow, and/or kiss. Taizé Chant - Jacques Berthier lord S Prayer iii: holy communion communion hymn Were you There? Traditional Spiritual Verses sung by the cantor and choir. Verse texts are taken from the Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross. adoramus Te Taizé Chant - Jacques Berthier Verses sung by the cantor. motet adoraums Te Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi, quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. Qui passus es pro nobis, Domine, Domine, miserere nobis. We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you, because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world. Who suffered for us, O Lord, O Lord, have mercy on us. communion anthem my Song is love unknown edwin T. childs My song is love unknown. My Savior s love to me, Love to the loveless shown that they might lovely be. Oh, who am I, That for my sake My Lord should take Frail flesh and die? Sometimes they strew his way And his sweet praises sing; Resounding all the day Hosanna to their king. Then Crucify Is all their breath, And for his death They thirst and cry. Why, what has my Lord done To cause this rage and spite? He made the lame to run, and gave the blind their sight. What injuries! Yet these are why The Lord most high So cruelly dies, My Savior dies, My song of love So cruelly dies. Here might I stay and sing Of him my soul adores. Never was love, dear king, Never was grief like yours! This is my friend in whose sweet praise I all my days Could gladly spend