HOLY WEEK

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Update for the week of April 5 to 11

"God Himself, whom I serve with all the power of my spirit in the proclamation of His Son, is my witness that I bear you in my thoughts without ceasing and include you in my prayers at all times."

Romans 1:9

Dear Members and Friends,

I continue to hold you in my thoughts and prayers at the altar of our community and at the altar of my heart. I invite you to join me from your own home and your own inner altar to pray together with me.  We are entering the holiest of all the weeks of the year.  We are entering at a time when we as humanity had never before experienced - a time to be sheltered.  This seems different from what happened on that first Palm Sunday when people are together, with palm branches in their hands crying out, "Hosanna, blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!" Simultaneously, however, there are very powerful inward gestures within this week, inward direction. Christ enters Jerusalem.  As we follow His footsteps, we see that he becomes more and more silent.  He goes further and further in, inward, into, inside all the way into the earth through His offering His life, His body and His blood to the earth and to all of humanity.

As we continue to pray together from wherever we are, let us reflect and share with each other what may be revealed to each one of us on this inward journey into the city, into the temple, into the house, into the upper room, into the garden, to the death on the cross, into the grave of the earth and into the heart of each human soul through his triumphant victory over death.

How can we walk together through this Arch week, this Holy week? How can we experience walking with Him?

Christ walks every step of the way with the Father.  He continues to pray.  In the hardest moments, He turns to the Father and prays. 

We can continue to pray with Him. 

In our own home, we can continue to light a candle, sing a song of prayer, think of each other and of those who have crossed the threshold, Read the Gospel reading (see the list below), share our questions with each other, read the Creed,

and pray with the Lord the Lord's Prayer.

Suggested Gospel Readings for Holy Week

Palm Sunday, April 5 - Entry into Jerusalem, Matthew 21:1-11. Please click here to find it.

Monday, April 6 - Matthew 21:23-27

Tuesday, April 7 - Matthew 22:15-22

Wednesday, April 8 - Mark 14, 3-9

Thursday, April 9 - Luke 23:13-32

Good Friday, April 10 - John 19:1-15

Holy Saturday, April 11 - John 19:16-42

Easter Sunday, April 12 - Mark 16:1-18

Also, every day, we can walk together through the events of this Holy Week by reading from Rev. Lic. Emil Bock book, "The Three Years".  Here is an excerpt that can accompany us throughout the Holy Week from Palm Sunday until Holy Saturday.

With warm thoughts,

Nora