Month of the Holy Eucharist

April marks the month of the Holy Eucharist, the sacrament of the Body and Blood of Our Lord and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. We deepen our devotion to the Eucharist and express our gratefulness for Christ’s sacrifice by attending Eucharistic Adoration.

The Holy Week

As the Holy Week is fast approaching, we are intensifying our Lenten penance to prepare ourselves, bodies and souls. The Holy Week starts with Palm Sunday on April 13 when we commemorate Christ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. On Holy Wednesday, we remember the Betrayal of Jesus by Judas with the Easter Triduum begins with the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, His Passion on Good Friday, His descension into hell to save the Holy Souls, and concludes with His Resurrection at Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday on the 19th.

Divine Mercy Sunday

Divine Mercy Sunday is on April 27 this year, a week after the Easter Sunday. In Year 2000, then Pope John Paul II proclaimed the Second Sunday of Easter would be celebrated as Divine Mercy Sunday which is a devotion that centers on the mercy of God. This devotion was advocated by St. Faustina Maria Kowalska, who received the message from Jesus in the 1930s.