Traditional Holy Week at Our Lady of Sorrows in Jersey City

Our Lady of Sorrows, Jersey City  Traditional Holy Week 2023 

Sunday, April 2 – Palm Sunday – 8:45am Blessing of Palms and Triumphal  Procession, Passion of Our Lord according to Matthew. Berchem O Jesu Christe,  Dubois Adoramus Te Christe. 

Wednesday, April 5 – Tenebrae – 7:00pm Ancient Office of Darkness beginning  the Triduum. The name “Tenebrae” has been given this Office because it is  celebrated in the hours of darkness. Gregorian Chant, Polyphonic Motets of Victoria and others. Allegri’s Miserere. 

Thursday, April 6 – Holy Thursday – 7:00pm Sung Mass of the Lord’s Supper and  Procession to the altar of repose. Stripping of the Altar. Vigil before the Altar of  Repose until Midnight (a plenary indulgence is granted to anyone who spends one  hour in prayer before the Altar of Repose). Gregorian and Ambrosian Chant.  Durufle’s Ubi Caritas,  

Friday, April 7 – Good Friday – 3:00pm Mass of the Presanctified. On this day, the  anniversary of our Savior’s death, the Church gives her temples an appearance of  desolation and clothes her ministers in the garb of mourning. Chanting of the Passion  of Our Lord According to John, Solemn Petitions, Unveiling and Veneration of the  Cross, Holy Communion. Monteverdi’s Adoramus Te, etc. Immediately after the  liturgy, procession through the streets with Our Lady of Sorrows giving witness to the  world of our redemption.  

Saturday, April 8 – Holy Saturday – 10:15pm The lengthy rites of the Easter Vigil  are some of the most symbolic of the entire liturgical year penetrating to the very  roots of salvation, especially through the many allusions to the sacrament of  baptism—made possible by Our Lord’s resurrection. Lighting of the Easter Fire, the  Lumen Christi Procession, the Exsultet, the Prophecies, the blessing of the Water and  Baptismal Font, the Profession of Faith, the Easter Alleluia and the Eucharistic  Sacrifice. Anerio-Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli with chamber orchestra; Erbach Dum  Transisset; Franck Dextera Domini. 

All liturgies will be in Latin and will follow the traditional ordo and rubrics. The Traditional Latin  Mass, which can never be abrogated (SF), is celebrated every Sunday at 9:00 am at Our Lady of  Sorrows. Off-street parking is available in the lot across the street from the church.  

Rev. John Perricone, Priest; Simone Ferraresi, Music Director, Cantantes In Cordibus; Art Manabat, Assistant  Director of Cantantes In Cordbus; Dr. Joseph Orchard, PhD, Director of the Men’s Schola; Harry Melendez,  Anthony Ambrogio, Michael Wisniewski, and Eric Szwerc, MCs