Triduum: The First Day

EVENING MASS
OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
2021 (WITH NOTES FROM 2019)

PREPARATION

Do as much as possible well before the liturgy.

CHURCH:
 The Lent cross and candles are in their usual position
 All chairs removed from the Blessed Sacrament chapel
 Vessels and linens as usual (white tablecloth used for funerals is on
the altar)
 Intercessions in the standard intercession book

SACRISTY:
 Prepare the thurible/charcoal/boat
 All the hosts for Thursday and Friday must be consecrated at the
Mass on Thursday, including a glass ciborium to hold the hosts for
Friday.
 Place the bilingual gospel in the Gospel Book.

MAINTENANCE:
 Make sure the smoke alarm has been disabled.

10 minutes or so before Mass:

 Ensure that the scheduled lectors are present.
 Lights prior to Mass are normal scene #1

At 7:30:

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  Lectors make safety announcement, followed by a brief pause
 A bell is rung.

Lectors (at the ambo and cantor stand):

Brothers and sisters,
the forty days of Lent are over.
Hermanos y hermanas,
ya ha terminado la Cuaresma
y comienza el Triduo Pascual de la muerte
y la resurrección de nuestro Señor
Jesucristo.

In union with the entire Christian world,

let us enter anew
into the Triduum celebration
of the three holiest days of our year.
Lector gestures for all to rise.

Bells begin to ring (I-II-III pattern). Commentator speaks over the

bells:

Que nuestro único orgullo

sea la cruz de nuestro Señor Jesucristo,
porque en Él tenemos la salvación.

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We glory in the cross
of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who is our life and our resurrection.
Through him we are saved and made free.
Bell pattern stops and bell is rung to give cue for “Sing My Tongue.”

Lights up to regular Sunday mass setting.

Sing, my tongue, the song of triumph,

Tell the story far and wide;
Tell of dread and final battle,
Sing of Savior crucified;
How upon the cross a victim
Vanquishing in death he died.
Canta pues, oh lengua mia,
La batalla del Senor
Que resuenen alabanazas
En honor dl vencedor.
Como conquistó la muerte,
Nuestro santo redentor.

GREETING
In the name of the Father…
The Lord be with you. El Señor esté con
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ustedes. …
PENTITENTIAL ACT
ADD INVOCATIONS
… Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.
… Cristo, ten piedad. Cristo, ten piedad.
…Lord, have mercy. Lord, have mercy.

The GLORIA is sung.

OPENING PRAYER

Oremos, que por el poder de la cruz,

busquemos la palabra de Dios y las aguas
bautismales y participemos del misterio
Pascual de Cristo.
Pause
O God, who have called us to participate
in this most sacred Supper,
in which your Only Begotten Son,
when about to hand himself over to death,
entrusted to the Church a sacrifice
new for all eternity, the banquet of his love,
grant, we pray, that we may draw
from so great a mystery,
the fullness of charity and of life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you
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in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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 LITURGY OF THE WORD

First reading is proclaimed in Spanish.

Silence

Psalm

Second reading is proclaimed in English.

Gospel acclamation

Gospel is proclaimed bilingually.

Homily

Then presider and all stand for intercessions.

INTERCESSIONS
Invitation
Oremos a Dios Padre, que en Jesucristo, su
Hijo, nos ha amado hasta el extremo. We
lift up our prayers to God.
Conclusion
Loving God,
Keep us one in mind and heart
through this day of three days,
as we are gathered in your name
and sheltered by the cross of Christ,
which is the tree of life.
We ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord.

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 LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST

PREPARATION OF THE GIFTS

Presider:
The Church encourages us this night
to bring gifts for the poor.
Each year St. Nicholas designates
a ministry or organization as the recipient
of our Holy Thursday collection.
This year our offering will benefit the work
of Pastoral Migratoria’s mission.
Please be generous.

La Iglesia nos pide esta noche

recordar a los pobres con nuestras ofrendas.
Cada año San Nicolás elige a
una organización o ministerio
para recibir la colecta del Jueves Santo.
Este año nuestra ofrenda es para el beneficio
de la mission del grupo
de Pastoral Migratoria de San Nicolás.
Por favor sean generosos.

Hermanas y hermanos,
let us pray that all that we give

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on this holy night
for the poor of our community
and the world,
may, with our bread and wine,
be acceptable to God, the Father almighty.
PRAYER OVER THE GIFTS

Concédenos, Señor,
participar dignamente en esta eucaristía,
porque cada vez que celebramos el
memorial de la muerte de tu Hijo,
se realiza la obra de nuestra redención.
Por Jesucristo, nuestro Señor. Amén.

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 THE EUCHARISTIC PRAYER

Preface: Holy Thursday

The Lord be with you. And with your spirit.
Lift up your hearts. We lift them up to the
Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord, our God.
It is right and just.

It is truly right and just, our duty

and our salvation,
always and everywhere to give you thanks,
Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God,
through Christ our Lord.

For he is the true and eternal priest,

who instituted the pattern
of an everlasting sacrifice
and was the first to offer himself
as the saving victim,
commanding us to make this offering
as his memorial.

As we eat his flesh that was sacrificed for

us,
we are made strong,
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and, as we drink his blood
that was poured out for us,
we are washed clean.

And so, with angels and archangels,

with thrones and dominions,
and with all the hosts and powers of heaven,
we sing the hymn of your glory,
as without end we acclaim:

Holy, holy, holy… / Santo, santo, santo…

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You are indeed holy, O Lord,
and all you have created
rightly gives you praise,
for through your Son our Lord Jesus Christ,
by the power and working of the Holy
Spirit,
you give life to all things
and make them holy,
and you never cease to gather a people
to yourself,
so that from the rising of the sun
to its setting
a pure sacrifice may be offered to your
name.

So now we gather here before you,

and in communion with the whole church
and gathered by the Holy Spirit,
we celebrate this most holy night
when, after washing the feet of his disciples,
the Lord Jesus reclined at the table
and gave us his body and his blood
as true food and drink.

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Therefore, O Lord, we humbly implore you:
by the same Spirit graciously make holy
these gifts we have brought to you
for consecration,
that they may become the body and + blood
of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ,
at whose command we celebrate
these mysteries.

For on the night he was betrayed,

that is, this very night,
he himself took bread,
and, giving you thanks, he said the blessing,
broke the bread and gave it to his disciples,
saying:

TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU,

AND EAT OF IT:
FOR THIS IS MY BODY,
WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU.

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In a similar way, he took the chalice,
and, giving you thanks, he said the blessing,
and gave the chalice to his disciples, saying:

TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU,

AND DRINK FROM IT:
FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE
OF MY BLOOD,
THE BLOOD OF THE NEW
AND ETERNAL COVENANT,
WHICH WILL BE POURED OUT
FOR YOU AND FOR MANY
FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS.

Do this in memory of me.

The mystery of faith.

We proclaim… / Anunciamos…

Así, pues, Padre,

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al celebrar ahora el memorial
de la pasión salvadora de tu Hijo,
de su admirable resurrección
y ascensión al cielo,
mientras esperamos su venida gloriosa,
te ofrecemos, en esta acción de gracias,
el sacrificio vivo y santo.

Dirige tu mirada sobre la ofrenda

de tu Iglesia,
y reconoce en ella la Víctima
por cuya inmolación
quisiste devolvernos tu amistad,
para que, fortalecidos
con el Cuerpo y la Sangre de tu Hijo
y llenos de su Espíritu Santo,
formemos en Cristo
un solo cuerpo y un solo espíritu.

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Que él nos transforme
en ofrenda permanente,
para que gocemos de tu heredad
junto con tus elegidos:
con María, la Virgen Madre de Dios,
su esposo José, los apóstoles y los mártires,
San Nicolás, San Juan Veintitres
y todos los santos por cuya intercesión
confiamos obtener siempre tu ayuda.
Te pedimos, Padre,
que esta Víctima de reconciliación
traiga la paz y la salvación al mundo entero.

Confirma en la fé y en la caridad
a tu Iglesia, peregrina en la tierra:
a tu servidor, el Papa Francisco,
a nuestro Obispo Blas,
al orden episcopal,
a los presbíteros y diáconos,
y a todo el pueblo redimido por ti.

Atiende los deseos y súplicas de esta familia

que has congregado en tu presencia.

Reúne en torno a ti, Padre misericordioso,

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a todos tus hijos dispersos por el mundo.
A nuestros hermanos difuntos
y a cuantos murieron en tu amistad
recíbelos en tu reino,
donde esperamos gozar todos juntos
de la plenitud eterna de tu gloria,
por Cristo, Señor nuestro,
por quien concedes al mundo
todos los bienes.

Por Cristo, con él y en él,

a ti, Dios Padre omnipotente,
en la unidad del Espíritu Sano,
todo honor y toda gloria
por los siglos de los siglos.
AMEN.

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 COMMUNION RITE

LORD’S PRAYER
Llenos de alegría por ser hijos e hijas de
Dios,
we join our many languages of prayer into
one voice and pray as Jesus taught:

Padre nuestro/Our Father. . .

Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil,
graciously grant peace in our days,
that, by the help of your mercy,
we may be always free from sin
and safe from all distress,
as we await the blessed hope
and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
For the kingdom/Porque tuyo...

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 Rite of Peace
Señor Jesucristo, que dijiste a tus apóstoles:
“La paz les dejo, mi paz les doy”,
no tomes en cuenta nuestros pecados,
sino la fe de tu Iglesia
y, conforme a tu palabra,
concédenos la paz y la unidad.
Tú que vives y reinas
por los siglos de los siglos. Amén.

The peace of the Lord

be with you always.
La paz del Señor esté siempre con ustedes.
Y con tu espíritu.
Diácono:
Compartámos fraternalmente la paz.
Let us share a sign of peace.

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 BREAKING OF THE BREAD
Lamb of God (sung)

Behold the Lamb of God,

behold him who takes away
the sins of the world.
Dichosos los invitados a la cena del Señor.
Lord, I am not worthy
that you should enter under my roof,
but only say the word and my soul shall be
healed.
 Corporal and bowl remain on altar during communion.
 After assembly has received, all consecrated bread is placed in
ciborium on altar. The presider moves to the chair.

After communion, presider and assembly remain standing.

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

Señor, tú que nos permites

disfrutar en esta vida
de la cena instituida por tu Hijo,
concédenos participar también
del banquete celestial en tu reino.
Por Jesucristo, nuestro Señor. Amén.
Lights down to scene #3

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 TRANSFER OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST
Presider (from the chair):
My sisters and brothers,
we begin our paschal fast
and continue this liturgy of three days,
through Good Friday and Holy Saturday.
Let us be bread for each other in these days
and so discover the joy of offering ourselves
as did the Lord Jesus.

Que seamos alimento espiritual,

unos por otras,
en estos tres días sagrados.
Que abracemos la santa Cruz de Jesús
y nos unámos con El en su Pasión.

This year, as the Blessed Sacrament is

carried to the chapel of repose, we ask you
to remain in your places, keeping your
distance and keeping your masks on. If you
wish to move to another place in the church
after others have left, please continue to
observe social distancing and follow the
guidance of the reopening team, who will be
in church to keep everyone safe. The church
will remain open until 11:00 for adoration
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and private prayer. Tomorrow evening’s
Good Friday liturgy of the Passion begins in
7:30 in the church. As you leave the church,
please do so in silence.

[REPEAT/SUMMARIZE IN SPANISH]

Adoremos al Pan de Vida,

el Cuerpo de Cristo.
Let us adore Christ, the Bread of Life.

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 Presider moves to the front of the altar.
 Sacristan gives thurible to presider, who remains on the floor level
and incenses the Blessed Sacrament.
 Sacristan takes thurible from presider, as someone else places the
humeral veil on the presider’s shoulders.
 Presider goes to the altar and takes the bowl containing the Blessed
Sacrament and lifts it up.

 Handbells give cue for beginning of “Pange Lingua”:

PROCESSION

 Led by the sacristan swinging the thurible gently, going the short
route toward the font, the presider carries the Blessed Sacrament to
the tabernacle.
 Remain in adoration as long as each sees fit.

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