Fifth Sunday of Lent*
*Final Lenten Sunday before Palm Sunday
Give me justice, O God, and plead my cause against a nation that is faithless.
From the deceitful and cunning rescue me, for you, O God,
are my strength. - Entrance Antiphon (Today's Liturgy)
"Without the Eucharist,
the Church would not exist.
We were amazed; how could this be possible?
Where did you get a Chalice and a Paten?
He took off his glasses and said:
'This is what we used; one lens served as the chalice
with a drop of wine and on the other a piece of bread
was placed, which served as the paten.'
This is how they celebrated the liturgy in the prison
or around the premises of the concentration camps.”
From the deceitful and cunning rescue me, for you, O God,
are my strength. - Entrance Antiphon (Today's Liturgy)
"Without the Eucharist,
the Church would not exist.
The holy Eucharist
is the central point of our life.
I remember once a priest I met. He never talked at great length
about the sufferings, persecutions and tortures, but he mentioned
that even in prison, all the priests would celebrate the liturgy.
is the central point of our life.
I remember once a priest I met. He never talked at great length
about the sufferings, persecutions and tortures, but he mentioned
that even in prison, all the priests would celebrate the liturgy.
We were amazed; how could this be possible?
Where did you get a Chalice and a Paten?
He took off his glasses and said:
'This is what we used; one lens served as the chalice
with a drop of wine and on the other a piece of bread
was placed, which served as the paten.'
This is how they celebrated the liturgy in the prison
or around the premises of the concentration camps.”
Major-Archbishop Swiatoslav Schevchuk
Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
We pray, almighty God,
that we may always be counted
among the members of Christ,
in whose Body and Blood we have communion,
Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
- Prayer After Communion (Today's Liturgy)
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