April 2025

• The Third Scrutiny of the Elect may be celebrated.
• If the scrutiny IS celebrated, the readings are taken from Year A (34): the Raising of Lazarus. 
• If the scrutiny IS NOT celebrated, then the readings are taken from Year C for the 5th Sunday of Lent. 
• The practice of covering crosses and images throughout the church may be observed. Crosses are covered until Good Friday, but images remain covered until the beginning of the Easter Vigil
• The 5th Week of Lent is also called "Passiontide." Last two weeks of Lent - Passion Week and Holy Week. 

• For Christian Initiation: The Handing On of the Lord's Prayer may take place this week (OCIA, 178-184).
• Mass proper is taken from the weekdays of the 5th Week of Lent
• Preface I of the Passion of the Lord is used this week. 

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Holy Week 2025

• Ritual Masses are prohibited this week and weddings outside Mass are discouraged. 
• On Good Friday and Holy Saturday, the sacraments are not celebrated. 
• Funeral Masses are permitted on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of Holy Week.  

• The Chrism Mass will be celebrated on Monday of Holy Week at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels at 7:00 PM. No other services should be scheduled on this evening in the Archdiocese. 
• Each parish is required to identify one individual who will be responsible for picking up the newly blessed and consecrated oils following the Chrism Mass 
• Please contact the Cathedral Parish Office directly for more information on the Holy Oil Distribution (213) 680-5200.

• Last day of Lent - Lent concludes with the celebration of the Lord's Supper.
• Morning Prayer: Pss II Season weekday

• The first eight days of the Easter Season make up the octave of Easter and are celebrated as solemnities of the Lord (Ceremonial of Bishops, 373). 
• The Gloria is to be sung or recited during the octave of Easter. 
• The Sequence is optional during the days of the octave (GIRM, 64). 
• The double Alleluia is added to the dismissal formulary during the octave of Easter (Easter Vigil, 69).
• Paschal Candle should be lit and remains by the ambo until Pentecost. 
• Consider using the Sprinkling Rite instead of the Penitential Act. 
• Creed is not said. 
• Preface I of Easter is used. 
• Solemn Blessing #6 for Easter Time may be used during the octave. 

• The celebration of Divine Mercy flows from the Church’s most important day, which is Easter Sunday, thus the faithful should be able to celebrate and recognize it as such. 
• Devotional practices to the Divine Mercy may not take place during Mass.  
• On this Sunday of Divine Mercy, prayers for the plenary indulgence that are offered today should be led by priests after Masses.  
• For more information on Divine Mercy:
  https://www.usccb.org/prayer-worship/liturgical-year/easter   
• Gloria is said or sung.
• Creed is said. 
• Since it is the last day of the octave, the sequence may be sung. 
• Use Preface I of Easter with Eucharistic Prayer I 
• Solemn Blessing #6 for Easter Time may be used with double Alleluia. 

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May 2025

• The sprinkling of the faithful with holy water may continue instead of the Penitential Act. 
• The Gloria is sung or recited during Sundays. 
• Consider using the Apostles’ Creed.
• Any of the five prefaces of Easter may be used. 
• There is no double Alleluia in the final dismissal (Except Pentecost Sunday) 

• The Office for Divine Worship has a resource; The Order of Crowning an Image of the Blessed Virgin Mary. If you need a copy of the rite please email, Amaris Hernandez at AEHernandez@la-archdiocese.org

• Prayers are taken from the Proper of Saints.
• The following prayer of the faithful may be added:
  • Father of all humanity, do not forget what your hands have made, grant that all who work may have secure employment and a fitting standard of living, We pray to the Lord.
  • Padre de toda la humanidad, te pedimos no olvides lo que tus manos han creado, concede que todos los que trabajamos mantengamos empleo seguro y un modo de vida digno, Roguemos al Señor.

• Prayers are proper and found in the Proper of Saints
• Gloria is said or sung.
• Creed is not said. 
• Solemn Blessing #17 may be used.
  

• For all mothers, that they may be blessed in their love and care for their families. May the Holy Spirit continue to guide them with wisdom and love, We pray to the Lord.
• Por todas las madres, que sean bendecidas en el amor y cuidado que imparten con sus familias. Que el Espíritu Santo continue guiándolas en sabiduría y amor, Roguemos al Señor.
  

• Prayers are proper and found in the Proper of Saints
• Sprinkling rite may be used.
• Gloria is said or sung.
• Creed is not said. 
• May use the Preface of the Apostles
• Solemn Blessing for the Apostles may be used.

• Prayers from the Book of Blessings may be used. 
  • Chapter 26 Blessing of Fields and Flock
  • Chapter 27 Blessing of Seeds at Planting Time

• The Mass for the Preservation of Peace and Justice #30A or B may be used. 
• Order for Visiting a Cemetery may be used, which is found in the Book of Blessings, Chapter 57.
• You may incorporate the intentions of those who have died in service to their country in today's Universal Prayer (Prayer of the Faithful).

• Vestments: White
• Mass texts, and readings are proper. 
• The Gloria is sung.
• The Creed is omitted.
• Preface II of the Blessed Virgin Mary may be used.
• Solemn Blessing #15 may be used. 

• The Mass is celebrated this evening either before or after Evening Prayer I of the Solemnity. 

1. Our ecclesiastical province (and most dioceses in USA) has transferred this Solemnity from Thursday, May 29 to Sunday, June 1.
2. The weekdays after the Ascension through the Saturday before Pentecost is a time of preparation for the coming of the Holy Spirit.
3. During these days the hymn, Veni Creator Spiritus, may be sung at Mass and Liturgy of the Hours.
4. Paschal Candle is lit.
5. White Vestments are used.
6. Two sets of formularies to be used: 
   • 1) At the Vigil Mass (Saturday Evening)
   • 2) At the Mass during the day (Sunday)
7. Readings (Vigil Mass & Mass during the Day): 58: Acts 1-11; Ps 47:2-3, 6-9; Eph 1:17-23 or Heb 9:24-28; 10, 19-23; Lk 24:46-53
   
8. Gloria is sung.
9. Apostle's Creed may be used during the Easter Season. 
10. Use Preface I or II of the Ascension
11. Use Solemn Blessing #7.
12. Double Alleluia is NOT sung during the dismissal.

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Liturgical Music

• The Improvisation Concepts for the Liturgical Keyboardist webinar, via Zoom, will take place from the end of April to the beginning of July.
• More information to come -- please keep checking back!
• If you would like preliminary information ahead of time, please contact Victor A. Wheeler, Coordinator of Sacred Music Formation, at (213) 637-7054, or via e-mail at vwheeler@la-archdiocese.org.