No Mass is celebrated on this day, but the service of Good Friday is called the Mass of the Presanctified because Communion (in the species of bread) which had already been consecrated on Holy ...

Good Friday is just one part of the larger Holy Week that proceeds, with the conclusion marking the end of a 40-day fast Catholics endure known as Lent.

At the time of that declaration, Jewish groups expressed concern because the Latin Mass recited on Good Friday included a ... number of sweeping changes to Catholic ritual and practice ...