As we approach the Holy Week, let us focus on prayer, works of mercy and fasting. This period of quarantine amid the Corona virus pandemic is a good time to reflect about our relationship with God, how this can be renewed and strengthened.

Furthermore, we should continually ask God in prayer and the intercession of the saints to end this pandemic that resulted in suffering and death of our brothers and sisters around the world.

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Easter Vigil of Holy Week 2014

The blessing of the fire outside the church.

The Easter vigil began.

The blessing of the water. . . . 

and the Paschal candle.

The Holy Communion.

Converts, young and old were baptized.

The Paschal candle.

The lectionary.

JM after the Easter Vigil.

Good Friday of Holy Week 2014

Good Friday Prayer

O Jesus, Who by reason of Thy burning love for us 
hast willed to be crucified 
and to shed Thy Most Precious Blood 
for the redemption and salvation of our souls, 
look down upon us here gathered together 
in remembrance of Thy most sorrowful Passion and Death, 
fully trusting in Thy mercy; 
cleanse us from sin by Thy grace, 
sanctify our toil, 
give unto us and unto all those who are dear to us our 
daily bread, 
sweeten our sufferings, 
bless our families, 
and to the nations so sorely afflicted, 
grant Thy peace, 
which is the only true peace, 
so that by obeying Thy commandments 
we may come at last to the glory of heaven.

Amen.

Prayer from Catholic Online

Holy Thursday of the Holy Week 2014

Laymen representing the twelve apostles.

 The altar of Chair of Saint Pete's Church, Bangkok. Today, Catholics all over the world commemorate the institution of the Eucharist.

 The laymen line up for the Washing of the Feet.

Our assistant parish priest, Father Joseph re-enacts the washing of the feet of the twelve apostles.

The concelebrated mass on Holy THursday.

The offertory.

Prayer over the gifts.

The priests and the faithful pray over the Blessed Sacrament.

The Repository of the Chair of Saint Peter's Church, Bangkok.

Photos taken at Chair of Saint Peter's Church,
Putthamonthon Sai 1, Bangkok.

Holy Week Day 7: Holy Saturday

The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate  and said, “Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise.’ Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.”  Pilate said to them, “You have a guard of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can.”  So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.

Matthew 27:62-66

Holy Week Day 6 : Good Friday

After this, aware that everything was now finished, 
in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled, 
Jesus said, "I thirst."
There was a vessel filled with common wine.
So they put a sponge soaked in wine on a sprig of hyssop 
and put it up to his mouth.
When Jesus had taken the wine, he said,
"It is finished."
And bowing his head, he handed over the spirit.

John 18:28-30

Holy Week Day 5 : Holy Thursday

He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, 

“Master, are you going to wash my feet?”

Jesus answered and said to him,

“What I am doing, you do not understand now,

but you will understand later.”

Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet.”

Jesus answered him, 

“Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me.”

Simon Peter said to him, 
“Master, then not only my feet, but my hands and head as well.”

John 13: 6-9

Holy Week Day 4 : Holy Wednesday

Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What will you give me if I betray him to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that moment he began to look for an opportunity to betray him.

Matthew 26:14-16

Holy Week Day 3 : Holy Tuesday

Then, surrounded by the Pharisees,Jesus  asked them a question: "What do you think about the Messiah Whose son is he?" They replied, "He is the son of David" The LORD said to my Lord, Sit in honor at my right hand until I humble your enemies beneath your feet. Since David called him Lord, how can he be his son at the same time?" No one could answer him. And after that, no one dared to ask him any more questions.

Matthew 22:41-46

Holy Week Day 2: Jesus Clears the Temple

and he said, “It is written,

‘My house shall be a house of prayer’;

    but you have made it a den of robbers.”

Luke 19:46

Holy Week Day 1 :Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord

As he rode along,
the people were spreading their cloaks on the road; 
and now as he was approaching the slope of the Mount of Olives, 
the whole multitude of his disciples
began to praise God aloud with joy
for all the mighty deeds they had seen.
They proclaimed:
“Blessed is the king who comes
in the name of the Lord.
Peace in heaven
and glory in the highest.”
Luke 19"36-38

Jesus is Resurrected

Good Friday

Here I am, good and gentle Jesus, kneeling before you. With great fervor I pray and ask you to instill in me genuine convictions of faith, hope and love, with true sorrow for my sins and a firm resolve to amend them. While I contemplate your five wounds with great love and compassion, I remember the words which the prophet David long ago put on your lips: "They have pierced my hands and my feet, I can count all my bones."

Psalm 22/17-18



The Crucifixion of Jesus

Holy Thursday

And as they were eating, he took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them, and said, "Take; this is my body." And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. And he said to them, "This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. Truly, I say to you, I shall not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

Mark 14:22-25



The Triumphant Entry to Jerusalem