Holy Monday 2017 During the first three days of Holy Week, Easter housecleaning takes place in many Catholic communities. This is more than just another secular custom. Its purpose is to prepare the house for the blessing by the priest on Holy Saturday, and is an outward sign of the inner newness of soul ofContinue reading “Holy Monday 2017: House Cleaning”
Category Archives: Holy Week
Pic & Cantata for Palm Sunday
(Click on picture for larger image) • • • We’re back to Bach! The Lenten season was a time when no cantatas were sung in worship in Lutheran churches, so today we return to Bach’s music on Palm Sunday. BWV 182, “King of Heaven, be Thou welcome,” is the only Bach Palm Sunday cantata weContinue reading “Pic & Cantata for Palm Sunday”
A Prayer for Holy Saturday
A Prayer for Holy Saturday God of light and healing, we come seeking wholeness. Jesus, the Light of the World, rests in the tomb. We wait for the coming of the Rising Sun to show us the way. Hear our prayer for his coming! Indeed, saving God, all creation waits with groaning and longing for the salvation promised toContinue reading “A Prayer for Holy Saturday”
A Good Friday Prayer by Michael Spencer
Master, this day is our day to stand and look. To be amazed and disturbed. This is a day to put away glad songs, and to see the terrible cost of our salvation. This is also a day to believe and to know what is demanded in the Great Exchange at the heart of theContinue reading “A Good Friday Prayer by Michael Spencer”
Another Look: Jeff Dunn – Circle or Cross?
Note from JD: This essay owes much to the thoughts of G. K. Chesterton from his classic work, Orthodoxy. ⎈ This is an interactive essay, one that requires your participation. You will need a piece of paper, a pencil or pen or crayon or some sort of marker, and a compass or something you can traceContinue reading “Another Look: Jeff Dunn – Circle or Cross?”
Rob Grayson: The cross: religious self-projection or radical discontinuity?
The cross: religious self-projection or radical discontinuity? By Rob Grayson Most Christians agree that the central, defining feature of Christianity is the cross. I think it’s fair to say that no other religion has such a universally recognised identifying symbol. However, when it comes to what we understand the cross to mean, things get more complicated. AndContinue reading “Rob Grayson: The cross: religious self-projection or radical discontinuity?”
Another Look: Evangelicals and Special Seasons
Note from CM: We’re giving Michael Spencer the week off. Instead, I will revive this post from my early days of writing for him. This was one of the first posts I did for Internet Monk, back in 2009. I wrote it in the early days of attending a Lutheran church, having left pastoral ministry in a non-denominationalContinue reading “Another Look: Evangelicals and Special Seasons”
Palm/Passion Sunday: Richard Rohr on a Credo of Adjectives
Palm/Passion Sunday Richard Rohr on a Credo of Adjectives On Sundays in Lent this year I’m sharing some things I’ve been learning from Richard Rohr. As Jesus enters Jerusalem on the final week of his life, the Gospel of John describes what was about to happen in these terms: Jesus was entering into his “glory” (see John 12:23).Continue reading “Palm/Passion Sunday: Richard Rohr on a Credo of Adjectives”
Holy Week 2015: “Amazing grace, it reached as far as me” (Daniel Jepsen)
Note from Dan: The chorus after verse 4 is not original. The poem can be sung to the tune of Londonderry Air. That tune has been used for a wide variety of songs, including Danny Boy, and the beautiful hymn, I Cannot Tell. • • • When time was young, and glory filled the garden, TheContinue reading “Holy Week 2015: “Amazing grace, it reached as far as me” (Daniel Jepsen)”
Holy Week 2015: Long Barren (Christina Rossetti)
Thou who didst hang upon a barren tree, My God, for me; Though I till now be barren, now at length, Lord, give me strength To bring forth fruit to Thee. Thou who didst bear for me the crown of thorn, Spitting and scorn; Though I till now have put forth thorns, yet now StrengthenContinue reading “Holy Week 2015: Long Barren (Christina Rossetti)”
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