Although the strongest days of the Easter They are the ones that are concentrated in the Pascual Triduum -which go from Thursday afternoon to Sunday night- the most important week of the year for Catholics began. As explained by the Episcopal Conference on its website iglesiacatolica.org.uy, it is the annual Christian celebration of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.
“The important thing about this time is not to remember with sadness what Christ suffered, but to understand why he died and rose again. It is to celebrate his dedication to the end out of love for everyone and the power of his Resurrection, which is the first of ours,” says the message in which they explain the meaning each day has.
Palm Sunday
This day celebrates the triumphal entry of Jesus to Jerusalem in which all the people praise him as king with songs and palms. For this reason the faithful, when participating in the mass that day, take their olive branches to the church to be blessed, as a sign of Christ’s victory.
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By participating in the mass that day, people take their olive branches to the church to be blessed.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
These are days in which the church calls for reflection on the importance of Holy Week and to “live sacramental forgiveness” through the confession of sins.
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This day celebrates the triumphal entry of Jesus to Jerusalem in which all the people praise him as king with songs and palms.
Holy Thursday
On the morning of Holy Thursday in each diocese, the Chrism Mass is celebrated, where the bishop, together with all the priests, blesses the holy oils with which the sacraments will be celebrated later throughout the year (Baptism, Confirmation, Anointing of the Sick). . In this celebration, the priests also renew the promises of dedication and service that they made when they were ordained.
The Chrism Mass will be celebrated at 10 am that day in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Montevideo, by Cardinal Daniel Sturla.
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The Lord’s Supper will be held at the Metropolitan Cathedral this Thursday at 8:00 p.m.
The Pascual Triduum opens on Thursday afternoon with the celebration of the Lord’s Supper. It is a fundamental moment for Catholics, since it commemorates the moment in which Jesus was present in the bread and wine: “he left his Body and Blood. That day, instituting the Eucharist, he also instituted the Ministerial Priesthood. Another fundamental aspect Holy Thursday is the Commandment of Love that Jesus Christ leaves to his disciples, and he does so by setting an example by washing the feet of his Apostles”.
The Lord’s Supper will be held in the Metropolitan Cathedral this Thursday at 8:00 p.m., presided over by Juan González, parish priest of the Cathedral.
Holy Friday
This day is remembered the Passion and Death of Jesus. It is the only day in the year that there is no mass. Catholics gather in a celebration in which the story of the Passion is read, the cross is solemnly adored and communion is received with the hosts consecrated on Holy Thursday. In the capital’s Cathedral, this act will take place at 4:00 p.m., with Sturla.
That day the “Via Crucis” is also carried out, the way of the Cross that consists of accompanying Jesus on the way to the crucifixion, reviewing 14 moments (stations) since he was sentenced to death until his burial. In Montevideo, the tour will begin at 7:00 p.m., with the meeting point set at Carlos María Ramírez and Grecia, in the Cerro neighborhood.
The “Via Crucis” is the way of the Cross that consists of accompanying Jesus on the way to the crucifixion
That day in the morning the visit of the seven churches is made.
Holy Saturday
It is the day that Jesus was dead in the grave. During the morning many people go in silence to pray in the churches.
Around 8:00 p.m. that day, the Cathedral will celebrate the Easter Vigil, where “the Resurrection of the Lord is celebrated, taking a tour of the entire history of Salvation in the scriptures,” presided over by Cardinal Sturla.
During the morning many people go in silence to pray in the churches
Easter Sunday
On the night of Holy Saturday, already symbolically beginning on Sunday, the resurrection of Jesus is celebrated, in the Pascual Vigil. It is “the most important night of the year and the happiest for Catholics, since Jesus defeated death to give life. This means that Christ gives the opportunity to be saved, to enter Heaven and to always live happily in the company of God Easter is the passage from death to life”, says the Catholic Church.
That day the Easter Mass will be celebrated in the main church of Montevideo.
