Hæc dies, quam fecit Dominus: exsultemus, et lætemur in ea!
Happy Easter! Thanks to visiting priests Fr Johnson, US Navy chaplain, and Fr Young, of the Diocese of Davenport, we were able to celebrate Holy Week and Easter morning with the Solemn rites. Here are some photos:
Palm Sunday — Distribution of palms
Palm Sunday procession
Palm Sunday Mass
Mass of the Lord’s Supper — Collect
Holy Thursday — elevation of the Blessed Sacrament
Holy Thursday — stripping of the altars
Good Friday prostration
Veneration of the Cross
Easter Vigil — lighting the fire
Lumen Christi
Exultet
Prophecies
Blessing the new baptismal water
Procession to the baptistery
Easter Vigil Mass — Epistle
Easter Vigil Mass — Dominus sit in corde tuo
Easter Vigil Mass — elevation of the Sanctissimum
Easter Vigil — recessional
Easter morning Mass — Preface
Easter morning Mass — celebrant’s Communion