Celebrate Easter and His Resurrection Holy Week Observances

Lent season is upon us, and we now prepare for the death of Christ on Good Friday and His Resurrection on Easter Sunday. It is a period of 40 days of re pentance, with prayer, fasting and abstinence, and Confes sion.

Palm Sunday will be on Sunday, April 2, commemorates the triumphal entrance of Christ into Jerusalem, when palm branches were placed in His path, before His arrest on Holy Thursday and His Crucifixion on Good Friday.

Holy Thursday is April 6, 2023, and is the day on which Christ celebrated the Last Supper with His disciples, four days after His triumphal

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In Western Christianity, Easter marks the end of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting, repentance, moderation and spiritual discipline in preparation for Easter. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Easter Sunday.

The biblical account of Jesus' death on the cross, or crucifixion, his burial and his resurrection, or raising from the dead, can be found in the following passages of Scripture: Matthew 27:27-28:8; Mark 15:16-16:19; Luke 23:26-24:35; and John 19:16-20:30.

entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Only hours after the Last Supper, Judas would betray Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane, setting the stage for Christ's Crucifixion on Good Friday.

Good Friday, April 7, 2023, commemorates Passion and Death of our Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross.

Holy Saturday, April 8, the final day Lent, of Holy Week, and of the Easter Triduum.

Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023 is the greatest feast in the Christian calendar. On this Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Submit your church events to news@latinolubbock.net

Live Stations of the Cross

Under the leadership of the Most Reverend Robert Coerver, Bishop of the Diocese of Lubbock, the parish family of Our Lady of Grace and Father Rudi Crasta, invite the Lubbock and surrounding communities to gather for a day of special prayer and meditation as we reflect on the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus Christ on Good Friday, April 7, 2023 beginning at

1 p.m. The first station will begin at the corner of Erskine Street and Boston Avenue. The 3100 block of Erskine will mark the final station. The Stations of the Cross are a series of 14 that chronicle the events which took place at each step along Jesus’ path to His crucifixion. Parishioners will portray these events through meditation, prayer and music.