Holy Week 2023

A couple is lit by the glow of the Paschal Candle spread via smaller candles during the Easter Vigil Mass at Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on April 8. (Victor Alemán)

Parishioners processed into the cathedral with palm branches before the start of 10 a.m. Mass on April 2, Palm Sunday. (Victor Alemán)

Faithful pray before the Blessed Sacrament on Holy Thursday in St. Vibiana’s Chapel, where the traditional Altar of Repose was set up after Mass. (Victor Alemán)

Archbishop José H. Gomez blesses the chrism oil during the annual chrism Mass on Monday, April 3. Some 400 priests from around the archdiocese attended. (Victor Alemán)

Volunteers help bring in the chrism oil that was blessed during the annual chrism Mass on Monday, April 3. (Victor Alemán)

Archbishop José H. Gomez washes the feet of people who participated in the ritual washing of the feet during the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, April 6. (Victor Alemán)

Archbishop José H. Gomez washes the feet of people who participated in the ritual washing of the feet during the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, April 6. (Victor Alemán)

Archbishop José H. Gomez washes the feet of people who participated in the ritual washing of the feet during the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, April 6. (Victor Alemán)

Archbishop José H. Gomez sprinkles holy water on a cow brought by its owner to Olvera Street in downtown LA for the annual “Blessing of the Animals” on Holy Saturday. (Victor Alemán)

Archbishop José H. Gomez sprinkles holy water for the annual “Blessing of the Animals” on Holy Saturday. (Victor Alemán)

Archbishop José H. Gomez sprinkles holy water on a horse at Olvera Street in downtown LA for the annual “Blessing of the Animals” on Holy Saturday. (Victor Alemán)

Archbishop José H. Gomez processes to Olvera Street in downtown LA for the annual “Blessing of the Animals” on Holy Saturday. (Victor Alemán)

Archbishop José H. Gomez sprinkles holy water on several dogs for the annual “Blessing of the Animals” on Holy Saturday. (Victor Alemán)

A young girl venerates at the foot of the cross during the celebration of the passion of the Lord on Good Friday. (Victor Alemán)

A woman kneels before the cross during the celebration of the passion of the Lord on Good Friday. (Victor Alemán)

A man holds Jesus on the cross during the celebration of the passion of the Lord on Good Friday. (Victor Alemán)

Archbishop José H. Gomez and concelebrating priests carry the cross during the celebration of the passion of the Lord on Good Friday. (Victor Alemán)

Parishioners venerate before the cross during the celebration of the passion of the Lord on Good Friday. (Victor Alemán)

A woman kisses the cross during the celebration of the passion of the Lord on Good Friday. (Victor Alemán)

Archbishop José H. Gomez and concelebrating priests lay prostrate before the cross during the celebration of the passion of the Lord on Good Friday. (Victor Alemán)

Archbishop José H. Gomez presides over the Easter Vigil Mass in darkness before the lighting of the Paschal Candle. (Victor Alemán)

One of the nine adult catechumens welcomed into the Catholic Church at the cathedral this Easter emerges from the baptismal pool during the Easter Vigil. (Victor Alemán)

One of the nine adult catechumens welcomed into the Catholic Church at the cathedral this Easter emerges from the baptismal pool during the Easter Vigil. (Victor Alemán)

One of the nine adult catechumens welcomed into the Catholic Church at the cathedral this Easter emerges from the baptismal pool during the Easter Vigil. (Victor Alemán)

One of the nine adult catechumens welcomed into the Catholic Church at the cathedral this Easter emerges from the baptismal pool during the Easter Vigil. (Victor Alemán)