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Celebration of the Lord’s Passion on Good Friday
April 2, 2021
No Masses on Good Friday.
Confessions
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Stations of the Cross:
12:00 Noon
Organ Prelude
2:00 p.m., Great Upper Church
Choral Meditations on the Passion
2:30 p.m., Great Upper Church
Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion:
3:00 p.m., Great Upper Church
We invite you to partake in the Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion beginning at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, April 2. The Most Reverend Christophe Pierre, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, will preside with Monsignor Walter R. Rossi, Rector of the Basilica, as celebrant and homilist. This liturgy will be broadcast live on EWTN as well as the National Shrine’s YouTube page. Come and experience this moving liturgy as we commemorate the earthly death of our Lord, a death which three days later would bring salvation to all the world.