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Easter Triduum Masses and Lilies

Feast Day:

Sunday, April 20, 2025

The three days of the Easter Triduum are an especially sacred time. Even when we are at home or at work, the Church encourages us to keep the spirit of those days.

Documents from Vatican Council II explain to us:

Christ redeemed us all and gave perfect glory to God principally through His Paschal mystery: dying He destroyed our death and rising He restored our life. Therefore the Easter Triduum of the Passion and Resurrection of Christ is the culmination of the entire liturgical year.
General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar, 18

The expression "Triduum" means "three days." These three days are counted the same way the Hebrews counted their days: from dusk to dusk. Thus, it spans from Holy Thursday and Good Friday to the Easter Vigil/Easter Sunday.

The Marian Fathers invite you to send them your special intentions as they celebrate the Easter Triduum. You also can share the graces of this Sacred Triduum with others. To announce a gift of remembrance, you may select one of our Easter Gold cards to be sent to your loved ones.

As a heartfelt gesture toward our Merciful Savior, we decorate the Shrine with spring flowers. You may request to offer a Lily or to have a Votive Candle lit for your special intentions.

Divine Mercy Novena

Feast Day:

Sunday, April 27, 2025

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Pray along with us

This is a very special time for us here at the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy as we prepare for our annual celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday. In the Diary of St. Faustina, Jesus asked that the Feast of Divine Mercy, known today as Divine Mercy Sunday, be preceded by a Novena to The Divine Mercy. A Novena is nine days of prayer in preparation for a feast. In the case of the Novena to The Divine Mercy, we pray the Chaplet of The Divine Mercy each day for a specific intention. Our Lord told St. Faustina, "I desire that during these nine days you bring souls to the fountain of My mercy, that they may draw ... strength and refreshment and whatever grace they need in the hardships of life, and especially at the hour of death" (Diary, 1209).

Please join us at the National Shrine as we follow our Lord's wish to bring to Him various intentions during our nine days of prayer. If you would like to enroll someone in the Novena, we will gladly send out an enrollment card to the person whom you have enrolled.