Join us for our regular Good Friday Celebration of the Lord’s Passion. Begins at 3pm. Parking is usually full; carpooling is advised.
No Mass – Mass is not celebrated after Holy Thursday until the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday. On Good Friday we remember the death of Jesus. There are three parts to the liturgy: Liturgy of the Word, Adoration of the Holy Cross and Holy Communion which was consecrated on Holy Thursday.
Good Friday is a universal day of fasting and abstinence from meat. Fasting means we have one regular meal and less at other meals, with no snacking, however, it is not intended to cause harm to your health. If you have a medical condition in which fasting is harmful you should not fast. When possible, we try to extend the discipline of fasting and abstaining from meat until after the Vigil on Holy Saturday. Christian fasting obtains its full meaning when we deprive ourselves of food, or unnecessary beverages, in
order to be more open for prayer, to share more in the suffering of those who are starving and to save money to give to the poor.
For an otherwise healthy person the law of abstinence from meat binds those who are 14 and older; the law of fasting binds those from 18 to 59 years of age.
What to expect on Good Friday- Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
• No water is in the baptism font.
• The ministers do not process in or out.
• Holy Land collection: This helps maintain Christian sites in the Holy Land and supports projects that help
Christians remain and thrive in the region.