MASS TIMES AND READINGS FOR HOLY WEEK AND EASTER
March 28th 2026
PALM SUNDAY, 29, 9am, 10am, 12 noon, 6.15pm Mt 21:1-11, Is 50:4-7, Ps 21, Phil 2:6-11, Mt 26:14 – 27:66 Mon 30, 7.30am, 5.15pm: Is 42:1-7, Ps 26, Jn 12:1-11 Tues 31, 7.30am, 5.15pm: Is 49:1-6, Ps 70, Jn 13:
Giovanni Bellini’s Lamentation over the Dead Christ
March 28th 2026
“Lament over the Dead Christ”, Giovanni Bellini 1473-6, Vatican Museums. In all four gospels, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. The man on the left who holds the dead body upright must be Joseph.
ZURBARÀN’S CRUCIFIXION
March 21st 2026
“The Crucifixion”, 1627, Francisco de Zurbarán, The Art Institute of Chicago, Robert A. Waller Memorial Fund. When people first saw this painting they though it was a sculpture. I remember experiencing the same illusion when I saw this painting in
DUCCIO’S HEALING OF THE MAN BORN BLIND
March 14th 2026
In today’s gospel we have the healing of the man born blind. The miracle was shown in this panel from Duccio’s Maestà: his great altarpiece made for the Cathedral in Siena. In the centre, before his disciples, Jesus anoints the
CARAVAGGIO’S DENIAL OF ST PETER
March 7th 2026
“Denial of St Peter” 1609/10, Caravaggio, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The story of St Peter’s three-fold denial of Jesus is told in all four gospels. Here Caravaggio manages to include much of the detail given in these narratives
