For Maundy Thursday • • • There are some things that can, perhaps, only be said in poetry, and perhaps this [Phil 2:5-11] is one of them. • Tom Wright PHILIPPIANS 2:5-11 Think of yourselves the way Christ Jesus thought of himself. He had equal status with God but didn’t think so much of himselfContinue reading “Thursday in Holy Week: Love Best Described in Poetry”
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Wednesday in Holy Week: Following Jesus or Drinking the Kool-Aid?
From 2008 Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”….And his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and calledContinue reading “Wednesday in Holy Week: Following Jesus or Drinking the Kool-Aid?”
Tuesday in Holy Week: The Abbreviated Jesus
From 2008. The other day a strange feeling came over me. Don’t get me wrong about what I’m about to say here. It was just a feeling. I’m not claiming any powers of discernment or certainty. I got the distinct feeling there’s something wrong with a lot of people who say they are Jesus-followers/believers. IfContinue reading “Tuesday in Holy Week: The Abbreviated Jesus”
Monday in Holy Week 2018: The Jesus Disconnect
Note from CM: Back in 2009, Michael Spencer some posts exploring what he called, “The Jesus Disconnect.” Here is an edited version of the first post in that series. In my experience, one reason people fail to enter in to a deep appreciation of Holy Week and miss its full significance is that they have failedContinue reading “Monday in Holy Week 2018: The Jesus Disconnect”
Palm/Passion Sunday 2018: Naked and Ashamed
Sermon: Palm/Passion Sunday 2018 Naked and Ashamed Mark 14: 43-52 Immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived; and with him there was a crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders. Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, ‘The one I willContinue reading “Palm/Passion Sunday 2018: Naked and Ashamed”
Holy Saturday 2017
Holy Saturday 2017 Something strange is happening — there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep. • From an ancient homily, Roman rite • • • Photo by Ben Townsend at Flickr. Creative Commons License
Good Friday 2017
Good Friday 2017 • • • It is immensely easier to suffer in obedience to a human command than to suffer in the freedom of one’s own responsible deed. It is immensely easier to suffer with others than to suffer alone. It is immensely easier to suffer openly and honorably than apart and in shame.Continue reading “Good Friday 2017”
Maundy Thursday 2017: Feeding on Death We Live
Maundy Thursday 2017 For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed. • 1 Corinthians 5:7 • • • “To know Christ sacramentally only in terms of bread and wine is to know him only partially, in the dining room as host and guest. It is a valid enough knowledge, but its ultimate weakness when isolatedContinue reading “Maundy Thursday 2017: Feeding on Death We Live”
Holy Wednesday 2017: The Day Before
Holy Wednesday 2017 NOTE: On Wednesday of Holy Week, this classic Michael Spencer post from November, 2009 reminds us that tomorrow may find us taking a journey into the unknown. Tomorrow is Thursday, and we have plans for supper and a walk in the garden. • • • The news story is strange and tragic. Three collegeContinue reading “Holy Wednesday 2017: The Day Before”
Holy Tuesday 2017 – Looking for the End
Holy Tuesday 2017 These three days, which the Church calls Great and Holy have within the liturgical development of the Holy Week a very definite purpose. They place all its celebrations in the perspective of End ; they remind us of the eschatological meaning of Pascha. …“Now is the Judgment of this world” (John 12:31).Continue reading “Holy Tuesday 2017 – Looking for the End”
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