Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It’s a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection at Easter.
The summit of the Liturgical Year is the Easter Triduum—from the evening of Holy Thursday to the evening of Easter Sunday. Though chronologically three days, they are liturgically one day unfolding for us the unity of Christ’s Paschal Mystery.
The season of Easter is the most important of all liturgical times, which Catholics celebrate as the Lord’s resurrection from the dead, culminating in his Ascension to the Father and sending of the Holy Spirit upon the Church at Pentecost. —Source: USCCB
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| 6:00 am | |
| 7:30 am | |
| 9:00 am | |
| 12:00 pm (noon) | X |
| 4:00 pm | |
| 6:00 pm | |
| 8:00 pm Bilingual Mass/Misa bilingüe |
| Day | Time |
| Wednesdays during Lent (starting March 12) | – 6:30 pm – |
| Saturdays (except Holy Saturday) | 3:30—4:30 pm |
| Lenten Penance Service Servicio de Penitencia Cuaresmal Thursday, April 10 |
– 6:30 pm – |
The Light is On For You | Catholic churches across the D.C. metro area are open for quiet prayer and Confession throughout Lent. Visit their website to locate more confession times and locations near you!
La Luz Está Encendida Para Usted | Las iglesias católicas de toda la región metropolitana del D.C. están abiertas durante todo el tiempo de Cuaresma para rezar en silencio y acudir a la confesión. ¡Visite su sitio web para ubicar más horarios y lugares de confesión cerca de usted!
| Day | Time |
| Fridays during Lent | – 7:00 pm English 8:00 pm Español – |
| Living Stations of the Cross | Via Crucis Viviente Friday, April 11 Presented by Youth Ministry |
– 7:00 pm Bilingual – |
Nativity Lent Podcast
Journey with The Nativity Podcast this Lent as we enter deeper into the liturgical season by inviting guests to have roundtable discussions on living Lent.
ABSTINENCE (no meat) | Ash Wednesday is a day of penance observed by both fasting and abstinence from meat. Catholics over 14 years of age is bound to observe the law of abstinence (no meat). Abstinence is to be observed on all Fridays within the season of Lent and on Ash Wednesday.
FASTING | On Ash Wednesday and Good Friday everyone over 18 and up to the beginning of their 60th year is also bound to observe the law of fast. On these two days, only one full meatless meal is allowed. Two other meatless meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to each one’s needs; but together they should not equal another full meal.
Like other penitential days, Ash Wednesday begins and ends at midnight. Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, therefore, are the only days of both fast and abstinence.
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El Miércoles de Ceniza y el Viernes Santo son días obligatorios de ayuno y abstinencia para los católicos. Además, los viernes durante la Cuaresma son días obligatorios de abstinencia.
AYUNO | Para los miembros de la Iglesia de rito latino, las normas son obligatorias desde la edad de 18 años hasta los 59. Cuando se ayuna, se le permite a la persona comer una comida completa, así como dos comidas más pequeñas que juntas no equivalgan a una comida completa.
ABSTINENCIA | Las normas sobre la abstinencia de carne son vinculantes para los miembros de la iglesia católica de rito latino desde los 14 años en adelante.
| Event | Time | Streaming |
| Morning Prayer Oración de la Mañana |
8:30 am | |
| Mass of the Lord’s Supper Misa de la Cena del Señor |
7:30 pm (bilingual/bilingüe) | X |
There is NO noon Mass on Holy Thursday. NO habrá Misa de mediodia en Jueves Santo.
| Event | Time | Streaming |
| Morning Prayer Oración de la Mañana |
8:30 am | |
| Divine Mercy Novena & Chaplet | After 8:30 am Morning Prayer | |
| Stations of the Cross | 12:00 pm | |
| The Celebration of the Passion of Our Lord | 3:00 pm | X |
| Estaciones de la Cruz | 6:00 pm (en español) | |
| La Celebración de la Pasión de Nuestro Señor | 6:30 pm (en español) |
Good Friday Collection | Every year on Good Friday, a collection is taken up in Catholic Churches to support the work of the Franciscans working in the Holy Land. Christians there rely heavily on the help that comes to them from this worldwide collection. The Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land have the unique responsibility to care for the Holy Places as well for the “Living Stones,” the Christians living there. It is vital that we support Christians living in the Holy Land, in order to maintain a Christian presence in the very land made holy by the life, death and Resurrection of Jesus. Donate Online.
| Event | Time | Streaming |
| Morning Prayer Oración de la Mañana |
8:30 am | |
| The Blessing of Easter Food Bendición de la comida de Pascua |
9:00 am | |
| The Great Easter Vigil La Gran Vigilia Pascual |
8:30 pm |
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| 8:30 pm |
The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night consists of the blessing of the new fire, lighting of the Easter Candle, and the celebration of the New Sacraments of Initiation with the Elect and Candidates in RCIA and RCIC.
La Vigilia de Pascua en la Noche Santa consiste de la bendición del fuego nuevo, iluminación de la Vela Pascual, y la celebración de los Sacramentos de Iniciación con los elegidos y candidatos de RICA y RCIC.
| Time | Streaming |
| 7:00 am | |
| 9:00 am | |
| 11:00 am | X |
| 1:00 pm Español | X |
There is NO evening Mass on Easter Sunday. NO habrá Misa por la tarde en Domingo de Pascua.
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