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DESCRIPTION:About the Easter Triduum\n\n\nThe Easter Triduum (TRIH-djoo-um)
 \, the Great Three Days\, includes Maundy Thursday\, Good Friday\, and Eas
 ter\, and is celebrated as a three-part liturgy. Lent has ended. We begin 
 the celebration of the Passover of the Lord from death to life. During the
 se Three Days Christians still reckon time according to the customs of the
  Jewish people. \n\n\nMaundy Thursday is the first of the great liturgies
  of the Easter Triduum. On Maundy Thursday\, a number of ancient rites are
  observed during the Celebration of the Lord’s Supper\, including the wa
 shing of feet.  Bread and wine are consecrated for the ministration of Ho
 ly Communion\, both for Maundy Thursday and for the Good Friday Liturgy. A
 t the end of the service\, the Eucharist is reposed at the Bolton Altar\, 
 the High Altar is washed with wine and water\, the sanctuary is stripped o
 f all ornament and furnishing\, and the cross is veiled.  \n\n\nOn Good F
 riday\, we celebrate the second of the great liturgies of the Easter Tridu
 um\, the Celebration of the Passion of the Lord. Following the Liturgy of 
 the Word and the Passion Narrative from Saint John\, the Church offers its
  prayers in a form used by the ancient Church\, a form now used only on Go
 od Friday. Then at the Showing of the Cross we are invited to kneel or sit
  for a period of reflection and prayer. Finally we receive Holy Communion 
 from the Sacrament consecrated at the Celebration of the Lord’s Supper.
  \n\n\nThe Great Vigil of Easter\, celebrated on Saturday night\, is the 
 final part of a service which began on Maundy Thursday. It begins in an Up
 per Room. It ends at a tomb wherein Christ rises from the dead.  In the d
 ark we await the light that proclaims the resurrection. Then we share that
  light\, hear the great prophecies about Christ\, renew our Baptismal vows
 \, and celebrate the resurrection of our Lord in word\, song\, and at our 
 Lord’s Table. The ceremonies of this night are about death and life\, ab
 out an old Adam and a new Adam\, about an apple\, about bees\, and about t
 he smell of blood\, both at death and at birth.  The central Christian be
 lief is that Jesus was crucified and he rose from the dead.  In the litur
 gical tradition of the Church this is not a past or an abstract reality. 
  The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is remembered and made presen
 t in our worship and in our common life.  “Jesus Christ\, yesterday and
  today\, the Beginning and End\, Alpha and Omega.  His are all times and 
 ages.  To him be glory and dominion through all eternity.”  \n\n
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