Holy Thursday Eucharistic Adoration in Paragould

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Location: St. Mary Church - Paragould
Contact: Church Office
Phone: (870) 236-2568

This event will be held from 7 p.m. to midnight. Because Mass is not celebrated on Good Friday, extra consecrated Hosts are reserved after Communion during the Holy Thursday Mass for the Good Friday service. These hosts are carried in a solemn procession for reservation in the tabernacle. During the procession, Tantum Ergo Sacramentum or another eucharistic song is sung. The Mass concludes quietly as the altar is stripped in preparation for Good Friday. Recalling Jesus' request of his disciples to stay awake and pray in the Garden of Gethsemane before his arrest (Luke 22:39-46), parishioners are invited to stay after Mass and pray before the Blessed Sacrament. Like the angel who appeared to Jesus, we have the opportunity to comfort Jesus in his agony as he prepares himself for what is to come, the suffering he will endure for our sake.