Easter Triduum

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Why are hosts consecrated at the Easter Vigil if it’s still a continuation of the same liturgy from Holy Thursday and Good Friday? During the Holy Thursday celebration, extra hosts are changed for the Good Friday celebration. If there are no hosts changed during he Good Friday celebration, why would there be anything changed at the Easter Vigil?

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There is no Mass celebrated on Good Friday, so additional hosts are consecrated during the Holy Thursday mass for The Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion service.

Since Mass is celebrated for the Easter Vigil the consecration of hosts takes place.
 
The rubrics of the Missale Romanum remind us that this “mother of all vigils” is the “greatest and most noble of all solemnities and it is to be unique in every single Church” ( Missale Romanum, “Rubrics for the Easter Vigil” (EV), no.2). On this holy night, the Church keeps watch, celebrating the resurrection of Christ in the sacraments and awaiting his return in glory. It is the turning point of the Triduum, the Passover of the new covenant, which marks Christ’s passage from death to life. Therefore, the Easter Vigil does not correspond to the usual Saturday evening Mass and its character is unique in the cycle of the liturgical year.

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KevinAK said:
There is no Mass celebrated on Good Friday, so additional hosts are consecrated during the Holy Thursday mass for The Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion service.

Since Mass is celebrated for the Easter Vigil the consecration of hosts takes place.
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If there is Mass on Holy Thursday and Holy Saturday… Why not Good Friday? I just thought since it is a continuous liturgy, the only consecration that should take place would be Thursday with enough hosts to last through the Vigil. Somehow I can’t get my mind around how there was a Mass on Thursday and again on Saturday… In the same liturgy. In my mind, there should only be one Mass for one liturgy. It makes the most sense IMO. Then again, I don’t really have any supreme authority on the matter, it’s just my opinion. 🙂

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The Vigil of Easter, at our parish, begins at 10:00pm with the lighting of the new fire. Then the prayers and Blessing of the Paschal Candle. We then process into the church where the Blessing of the Holy Water is done. The altar is dressed and then candles are lit. The Mass begins to form with the various prayers. Then at midnight sharp, all the light come on and the Gloria is played by the pipe organ and choir. Mass is fully under way then. This is when the hosts are consecrated.

So at approximately 12:30am on Easter Sunday the priest consecrates the Hosts. 👍

Now that I’ve said all that, someone will probably shoot it full of holes, 🙂
 
Good Friday we have a service not a Mass as we do not have Eucharistic consecration.
 
Richard_Feynman said:
If there is Mass on Holy Thursday and Holy Saturday… Why not Good Friday? I just thought since it is a continuous liturgy, the only consecration that should take place would be Thursday with enough hosts to last through the Vigil. Somehow I can’t get my mind around how there was a Mass on Thursday and again on Saturday…** In the same liturgy. In my mind, there should only be one Mass for one liturgy. **It makes the most sense IMO. Then again, I don’t really have any supreme authority on the matter, it’s just my opinion. 🙂

Richard Feynman
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They are not continuous. Each Mass (including the Good Friday service) is a discrete liturgy with its own beginning and end.
 
corsair said:
The Vigil of Easter, at our parish, begins at 10:00pm with the lighting of the new fire. Then the prayers and Blessing of the Paschal Candle. We then process into the church where the Blessing of the Holy Water is done. The altar is dressed and then candles are lit. The Mass begins to form with the various prayers. Then at midnight sharp, all the light come on and the Gloria is played by the pipe organ and choir. Mass is fully under way then. This is when the hosts are consecrated.

So at approximately 12:30am on Easter Sunday the priest consecrates the Hosts. 👍

Now that I’ve said all that, someone will probably shoot it full of holes, 🙂
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My Easter Vigil started at 8:30 and the lights came on around 10:00-10:30
Your Mass seems to have much more significance, timing wise, than mine.
Thanks for your (name removed by moderator)ut!

Richard Feynman
 
Richard_Feynman said:
Why are hosts consecrated at the Easter Vigil if it’s still a continuation of the same liturgy from Holy Thursday and Good Friday? During the Holy Thursday celebration, extra hosts are changed for the Good Friday celebration. If there are no hosts changed during he Good Friday celebration, why would there be anything changed at the Easter Vigil?

Thanks!

Richard Feynman
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When Jesus had the Passover celebration with his apostles on the Thursday night, it was actually not completed until He “drinks the fourth cup” while on the cross just before dying.

How it was explained to me was that the Friday service is the completion of what begins on Thursday night. In that same way that the Passover begins on the Thursday and ends with drinking of the fourth cup on the cross and the sacrifice of the Lamb on good Friday.
 
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