In the name of the One whose love is making all things well – Jesus Christ. Amen.
Our processional hymn opened with “three holy days enfold us now.” We are entering into the Triduum, the name for the three days of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. Properly understood, these days constitute one unfolding drama which was enacted by Jesus Christ for us and for our salvation. This is why this evening’s liturgy does not conclude with a Dismissal, as we usually have. There won’t be a Dismissal until the conclusion of the Easter Vigil on Saturday evening because this is all part of one story, one liturgy, enfolding us over three holy days.
