A tabernacle veiled in purple with two tapers during Holy Week at Saint-Étienne Cathedral, Meaux, Seine-et-Marne,
France, April 13, 2014. Photo: iStock. The three days leading up to Easter Sunday are known as the Sacred Paschal Triduum, and the liturgical ceremonies that mark these days are the richest, most solemn and most dramatic of the entire liturgical year. The curtain raises on Holy Thursday evening, with the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper. This opening scene of…
