March 27 | Wednesday 

• 07:00pm: Confession
• 07:30 pm: Holy Qurbana, , Office of the deceased, Memorial Qurbana for Joseph Neyyan ( Husband of Molsy)

March 28 | Holy Thursday 

• 07:30 pm: Holy Qurbana , Institution of Eucharist, Washing of the feet.
• Qurbana Readings:
  1. Ex 12:1-20 Israel observes the Passover
  2. Mal 1:10-14 Offer in every place a pure offering to my name .
  3. 1 Cor 11:23-29 Remembrance of the Lord’s Supper .
  4. Jn 13:1-14 + Mt 26: 26-30 Jesus washes the disciples’ feet and the institution of the Euchrist

March 29 | Good Friday

• 04:00 pm: Adoration
• 05:00 pm: Good Friday Ceremonies, Way of the Cross, Veneration of the Cross
• Qurbana Readings:
  1. Gen 22:1-19 Abraham prepares to sacrifice Isaac
  2. Isa 52: 13-53:9 The suffering servant
  3. Rom 5: 6-16 Christ died for us, sinners
  4. Part I: Lk 22:63-23:12 + Mt 27:19 + Lk 23:13-23 + Mt 27:24-25 + Lk 23:24-45 + Mt 27:51-54 + Jn 19:23-30; Part II: Jn 19: 31-42 The Passion of the Lord

March 30 | Saturday (Easter Vigil)

• 08:00 pm: Easter Vigil Ceremonies, Agape
• Qurbana Readings:
  1. Isa 60: 1-7 Glory of the Lord has risen upon you
  2. 1Sam 2: 1-10 My heart exults in the Lord .
  3. Rom 5: 20-6:23 Dying and rising with Christ .
  4. Mt 28: 1-6 The Resurrection of Jesus

March 31 | Sunday

• No Holy Qurbana

March 31 Sunday | St. Chavara Mission Bakersfield: Holy Qurbana at 11:00 AM

Let us remember:

• April 7: Puthu Njayar, Divine Mercy Sunday
• April 13: Family Unit Meeting St. Paul
• April 13: 10:300 am Rosa Mystica Prayer
• New Altar servers practice – Every Sunday
• Intercessory Prayers and adoration every Sunday in Chapel (9.45-10.40 am)
• Youth Adoration: Every first Friday of the Month at 8.15 PM (chapel)
• LFML & Angels Army meeting every 4th Sunday of the Month
• Reading circle every Sunday at 12 Noon
• Malayalam Class every Sunday – Online
• Online talk on Eucharist every first Saturday of the Month (diocesan initiative).

1. Message of Lent 2024 Pope Francis: Lent is a time of conversion and freedom.
   https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-02/pope-francis-lent-is-a-time-of-conversion-and-freedom.html
2. Message of His Holiness Pope Francis XXXII World Day of the Sick
   https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/sick/documents/20240110-giornata-malato.html

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