Easter Triduum

Some resources for reflection during the Easter Triduum

Jesus Washing the Feet of the Apostles, Duccio di Buoninsegna, 1308-11

Holy Thursday, Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Readings

Biblical Reflection by Fr Thomas Rosica CSB

The Bare Facts and Bare Feet of the Last Supper

Basilian Father Thomas Rosica, chief executive officer of the Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation and Television Network in Canada, is a consultor to the Pontifical Council for Social Communications. He can be reached at: rosica@saltandlighttv.org . His Biblical Reflections are from http://www.zenit.org/

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Background information on Holy Thursday from http://www.catholicculture.org/

Chrsit Holding the Cross, El Greco, 1602-07

Good Friday

Readings

Biblical Reflection by Fr Tomas Rosica CSB

Embracing the True Science of the Cross

Background information on Good Friday

The Deposition from the Cross, Centre Panel, Rubens, 1612-14

Holy Saturday

Biblical Reflection by Fr Thomas Rosica CSB

Between the Sadness of the Cross and the Joy of Easter

Background information on Holy Saturday

Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, Francesco Bassano, 1580s