Easter triduum provides time to turn heart to Christ, pope says

Published: 2004-04-07

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Easter triduum is an opportunity for Christians to relive the mystery of their salvation and to turn their hearts toward Christ, said Pope John Paul II. The three days before Easter -- Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday -- mark a time of "preparation to relive the great mystery of our salvation" and "make more alive the turning of our heart toward the one who died for us out of love," he said April 7 at his weekly general audience. Quoting a passage from the Letter to the Philippians, the pope said, Jesus Christ "humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him." He said, "These words succinctly show us the mystery of the passion and death of Christ as well as let us catch a glimpse of the glory of the Easter of resurrection."

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