Holy Triduum With Our Blessed Mother

Greetings in Jesus and Mary.

We have now entered into the Easter Triduum which is sundown on Holy Thursday to sundown on Easter Sunday and is considered the most solemn part of the liturgical year. This three-day period is referred to as the Easter Triduum, also known as the Sacred Triduum, or Paschal Triduum.

The word "triduum" comes from the Latin word triduum, which comes from tris (“three”) + dies (“day”).

Basically, the Sacred Triduum is one great festival recounting the last three days of Jesus' life on earth, the events of his Passion and Resurrection, when the Lamb of God laid down his life in atonement for our sins.

Let us enter a little into the thoughts of Our Blessed Mother during these days -- taken from City of God by Mother Mary Agreda who received messages from Our Lady Herself on Her entire life. This four volume set is highly recommended and was referenced by many Popes over the years.

A little meditation for Holy Thursday.....

"It is the will of the Lord and my own that with this sword thou fight the battles of the Almighty in the same of the holy Church against the invisible enemies.. ..None are found to consider and weigh the fearful damage, nor to approach the easy remedy of receiving the Holy Eucharist with a contrite and humble heart; nor does any one ask for my intercession. Though all the children of the Church largely incur this fault, yet more to be blamed are the unworthy and wicked priests; for by the irreverence with which they treat the Blessed Sacrament the other Catholics have been drawn to undervalue it. If the people see that their priests approach the divine mysteries with holy fear and trembling, they learn to treat and receive their God in like manner. Those that so honor Him shall shine in Heaven like the sun among the stars; for the glory of my Divine Son's humanity will redound in a special measure in those who have behaved well toward Him in the Blessed Sacrament and have received Him with all reverence; whereas this will not happen to those who have not frequented this holy table with devotion. Moreover the devout will bear on their breast, where they have so often harbored the Holy Eucharist, most beautiful and resplendent inscriptions, showing that they were most worthy tabernacles of the Holy Sacrament...They will also enjoy the special favor of being able to penetrate deeper into the mystery of the presence of the Lord in the sacrament and to understand all the rest of the wonders hidden therein. This will be such a privilege that it alone would suffice for their eternal happiness, even if there were no other enjoyment in Heaven."


A little meditation for Good Friday....

"Therefore, my daughter, embrace the Cross and do not admit any consolation outside of it in this mortal life. By contemplating and feeling within thyself the sacred Passion thou wilt attain the summit of perfection and attain the love of a spouse. Bless and magnify my most holy Son for the love with which He delivered Himself up for the salvation of mankind. Little do mortals heed this mystery; but I, as an Eyewitness, assure thee, next to ascending to the right hand of His Eternal Father, nothing was so highly estimated and so earnestly desired by Him, as to offer Himself for suffering death and to deliver Himself up entirely to His enemies. I wish also that thou lament with great sorrow the fact that Judas, in his malice and treachery has many more followers than Christ. Many are the infidels, many the bad Catholics, many the hypocrites, who under the name of a Christian, sell and deliver Him and wish to crucify Him anew. Bewail all these evils, which thou understandest and knowest, in order that thou mayest imitate and follow me in this manner. "

A little meditation for Holy Saturday.....

"My daughter, the lance-thrust which my blessed Son received in His side, was cruel and very painful only to Me; but its effects and mysteries are most sweet to those souls who know how to taste its sweetness. It was a great affliction to Me; but whoever meets with this mysterious favor will find it a great relief and consolation in his sorrows. In order that thou mayest understand this and participate in it, thou must know, that My Son and Lord, on account of His most ardent love for men, in addition to the wounds of the feet and hands, wished to open the wound of His Heart, the Seat of Love, in order that through this port the souls might enter and there receive refuge and relief. This is the retreat which I wish thee to seek during the time of thy banishment, and which thou must consider as thy habitation upon earth. There thou wilt find the conditions and laws of love for imitating me and learn how for injuries thou must return blessings to all who commit them against thee and thine, just as thou hast seen me do, when I was grieved by the wounding of the side of My dead Son. I assure thee, my dearest, that thou canst not do anything more adapted to the obtaining of the efficacious graces from the Almighty. The prayer, which thou offerest in a forgiving spirit, is powerful not only for thy own good, but for the good of the one that offends thee; for the kind heart of My Son is easily moved, when He sees that creatures imitate Him in pardoning offenders and in praying for them; for they thereby participate in His most ardent charity manifested on the Cross. Write this doctrine in thy heart and in imitation of Me practice this virtue, of which I thought so highly. Through this wound look upon the Heart of Christ thy Spouse and upon Me, sweetly and ardently loving in it thy enemies and all creatures."

All taken from the "City of God" by Mother Mary Agreda

(The Easter Meditation will be posted on that day from this book...Blessed Triduum to all of you...May we keep each other in prayer.)

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