Holy Week

Holy Week is the most intense time of the Church's year. During a week rich with signs, symbols, liturgies and readings we celebrate the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. We relive the paschal mystery in the liturgies of the Church and in our lives, passing with Jesus from death to the great feast of the resurrection:Easter.

Holy Week begins with the Mass of Passion Sunday, also known as Palm Sunday. We begin with a procession with palms, solemnly commemorating Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem, happy to begin the week when Jesus was to complete his work as our Messiah.

In Holy Week we listen to the entire gospel account of Christ's passion twice: from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark or Luke according to the year (this year Matthew) on Passion Sunday, and from the Gospel of John every year on Good Friday.

Today the Sunday Telegraph gave away a copy of the Passion according to St Mark with every copy sold and this evening the BBC began a new dramatic presentation called simply 'The Passion'.