Jubiláte Sunday III post Pascha

Third Sunday after Easter (Jubilate) in the Tridentine Rite takes its name from the Introit Jubiláte Deo omnis terra—“Shout with joy to God, all the earth”—and continues the Paschal celebration while introducing a note of tension between joy and trial; the Gospel (John 16:16–22) presents Our Lord’s enigmatic words, “A little while, and you shall not see Me… and again a little while, and you shall see Me,” pointing simultaneously to His Resurrection, Ascension, and the hiddenness that will characterise the Church’s life in the world, while the Epistle (1 Peter 2:11–19) exhorts the faithful to live as “strangers and pilgrims,” abstaining from worldly desires and enduring suffering patiently for God’s sake; thus the liturgy holds together exultation and endurance, reminding the faithful that Christian joy is not the absence of sorrow but its transformation—“your sorrow shall be turned into joy”—and that the Church, though rejoicing in the Risen Christ, must pass through a time of testing, living by faith rather than sight, until that promised joy is made complete.

Low Mass with hymns followed by fellowship – please click on the Invitation link below to notify attendance.