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\nConference 3: The Holy Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday) – That All May Be One: \xa0A Holy Week Retreat /w Msgr. Esseff & Sr. Cor Immaculatum Heffernan – Discerning Hearts Online Retreat
\nRetreat Directors: Monsignor John A. Esseff and Sister Cor Immaculatum Heffernan, IHM
\nThe Paschal Mystery
\nThe Last Supper\u2026Passion\u2026Death\u2026Burial
\nTheme: Jesus\u2019 love, humility, suffering, dying – John 13 – 18\xa0
\nHoly Thursday The Lord\u2019s Supper
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\n* Jesus washes the disciples\u2019 feet John 13: 1-20
\n* Jesus announces Judas\u2019 betrayal John 13: 21-30
\n* The Bread of Life Discourse John 6: 22-51
\n* Take and eat\u2026this is my body 26: 26-30
\n* Jesus\u2019 passion, death, resurrection
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\nEucharist is the gift of Jesus, suffering, dying, rising.
\nWe are Baptized into Jesus, we are to suffer, die, and rise\u2026
\nMy Suffering:\xa0Wounds in the Sacred Heart of Jesus – When did I suffer, die, rise?
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\n* As a child \u2013 sexual & physical abuse; being made fun of; called names; rejected; did I relate my suffering to Jesus\u2019 suffering?
\n* As a teenager \u2013 bullying; rejection; divorce of parents; did I realize that the depth of my suffering could be united to the wounds of Jesus?
\n* Throughout my life, what were \u2013 and are – my little and big crosses? Have I united them to Jesus\u2019 wounded Heart?
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\nGood Friday: The Passion, Death, and Burial of Jesus
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\n* You are invited to reflect on Jesus and your own experiences of suffering during these days of rejection, abandonment, condemnation, torture, death, and burial.
\n* When were you lied about? falsely accused? rejected?\xa0 scorned?\xa0abandoned?
\n* Who was your Peter? Judas?
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\nThe friend who deserted you? \xa0The person who ruined your reputation?
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\n* Who was your Simon? Veronica?\xa0 Mary?\xa0 John?
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\nSuffering and death are not the final answer\u2026
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\n* The Christian life is one of JOY\u2026always ends in happiness\u2026in GLORY.
\n* Mary took Jesus down from the Cross\u2026held Him in her arms\u2026\xa0prepared Him for burial\u2026laid Him in the tomb\u2026went home with John\xa0– John 19: 38-42
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\nHoly Saturday with Mary
\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Spend Saturday with Mary\u2026be with her\u2026talk to her\u2026\xa0listen to her
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\nForgiveness Litany
\nThe Lord spoke very clearly when He said:\xa0\u201cAnd so, when you stand in prayer,\xa0forgive whatever you have against anybody\xa0so that your Father in Heaven may forgive you your failings, too\u201d. Mark 11: 25
\nLord Jesus, I ask that You give me the grace to forgive any person who has hurt me at any time in my life.\xa0 I ask, too, that I may be forgiven those persons whom I have hurt.
\nSignificant areas of forgiveness may include:
\nGod, I forgive YOU for:
\nLord, I forgive MYSELF for:
\nLord, I truly forgive my MOTHER for:
\nJesus, I forgive my FATHER for:
\nLord, I extend my forgiveness to my BROTHERS and SISTERS for:
\nLord, I forgive my RELATIVES for:
\nJesus, I forgive my HUSBAND/WIFE for:
\nJesus, I forgive the PEOPLE with whom I work for:
\nJesus, I forgive my BOSS for:
\nLord, I forgive those of DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BELIEFS for:
\nLord, I forgive those who have harmed me ETHNICALLY or RACIALLY for:
\nJesus, I pray especially the grace to forgive the ONE PERSON who has HURT ME the MOST:
\nLord, I beg pardon of all those persons whom I HAVE HURT most deeply:
\nThank You, Jesus, that I am being freed of the evil of unforgiveness.
\n\xa0May Your Holy Spirit fill me with light and let every dark area of my mind be enlightened.
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\nMsgr. John A. Esseff is a Roman Catholic priest in the Diocese of Scranton. He served as a retreat director and confessor to St. Teresa of Calcutta. He continues to offer direction and retreats for the sisters of the missionaries of charity. \xa0He has lived in areas around the world,