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Stretching from Palm Sunday to Holy Saturday, Holy Week is the pre-eminent week in the Church’s entire year, with its final days plus Easter Sunday – aka the Easter/Sacred/Pascal Triduum – amounting to the crowning summit. Amongst this period’s eight days, one particular day is too often treated like “Jan” from the iconic TV show “The Brady Bunch.” Similar to Jan – the middle child in the family – this one day doesn’t seem to garner the same attention as the other “siblings.” It is understandable why Easter is considered the “favorite child,” but why should Holy Thursday be focused on less than Palm Sunday and Good Friday, since it is just as sacred?
The three days of the Triduum (pronounced trih-doo-um) culminate when we reach the summit’s highest point on the third 24-hour period – beginning Saturday night at the Easter Vigil and continuing throughout Easter Sunday. It is obvious why Holy Thursday takes a back row in people’s minds as compared to Easter, since this final, third part of the Triduum commemorates the central event of our faith.
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The three days of the Triduum (pronounced trih-doo-um) culminate when we reach the summit’s highest point on the third 24-hour period – beginning Saturday night at the Easter Vigil and continuing throughout Easter Sunday. It is obvious why Holy Thursday takes a back row in people’s minds as compared to Easter, since this final, third part of the Triduum commemorates the central event of our faith.
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Like a Middle Child, Holy Thursday Gets a Bad Rap - Catholic Stand
"On the night he was betrayed," and the night the priest is talking about was the original Holy Thursday- one of the most important nights
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