Bishop David Zubik Celebrates Holy Week 2020 Activities Via Live Stream

Bishop David Zubik Celebrates Holy Week 2020 Activities Via Live Stream
Because the coronavirus (COVID-19) has pre-empted the traditional observances of this holy season, Bishop David Zubik will be celebrating Masses and prayer services daily via live stream from the chapel at St. Paul Seminary.  The live stream may be accessed through the diocesan website, www.diopitt.org.

“This Holy Week will be unlike any other that I’ve ever celebrated and the same is true for you, too. Clearly, we’re going to miss the opportunity to be with so many people during the course of these holiest of days, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t have the opportunity to really look for ways to connect with God and connect with each other, ” Bishop Zubik said. “This pandemic has limited us, but it has not and cannot limit what God can do for us through the power of His love and Grace. “

Liturgies leading up to and including the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday mark the most important week in the Catholic Church. The holiest three days of the year, known as the Triduum, are celebrated from the evening of Holy Thursday through the Easter Vigil.  The focus of Holy Week is a remembrance of the suffering and death of Jesus, leading to a deepened experience of the joy of His Resurrection on Easter.  

The list of events follows, reflecting the addition of numerous prayers and devotions to the previous live stream schedule which focused primarily on the Masses of Holy Week. 
 
Palm Sunday, April 5
8:30am            Adoration
9:30am            Morning Prayer
10:00am          Holy Mass
5:00pm            Divine Mercy, Holy Rosary, Evening Prayer

Monday–Wednesday, April 6–8
6:00am            Adoration
6:45am            Morning Prayer
7:00am            Holy Mass
5:00pm            Divine Mercy, Holy Rosary, Evening Prayer
8:00pm            Adoration
8:45pm            Night Prayer with Benediction
  
Sacred Triduum
Holy Thursday of the Lord’s Supper, April 9
7:00am            Adoration
8:00am            Morning Prayer
7:00pm            Mass of the Lord’s Supper
8:00pm            Adoration: “Stay with me, pray with me, watch and pray”
9:00pm            Divine Mercy Chaplet
9:30pm            Holy Rosary
10:00pm         Night Prayer

Friday of the Passion of the Lord—Good Friday, April 10
8:00am            Office of Readings
9:00am            Morning Prayer
12:00pm         Stations
12:45pm         Divine Mercy
1:00pm            Rosary
1:30pm            Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
5:00pm            Seven Last Words
8:00pm            Tenebrae

Holy Saturday, April 11
8:00am            Office of Readings
9:00am            Morning Prayer, Divine Mercy, Holy Rosary
8:30pm            The Easter Vigil in the Lord’s Holy Night

Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord, April 12
8:30am            Adoration
9:30am            Morning Prayer
10:00am          Holy Mass
5:00pm            Evening Prayer