Category: Holy Week

We are closing in on the end of Lent. This weekend we will commemorate Palm Sunday. Standing in that crowd, waving my branch, I see firsthand how fickle I am. Just as those who went from Hosana to Crucify Him! And there’s Jesus. Forgive her. She does know what she is doing. Thank you for…
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Maybe it happens every year for Easter, but I don’t notice it. Or maybe not. I am moved this year by articles in my usual sources that bring to life the way I understand the liturgical and theological basics of our celebrations. Daniel O’Hanlon’s was the second article I read (the first, by Mary E.…
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This is not going to be what you expect. Holy Saturday is Limbo. It’s between the sorrow of Good Friday and the joy of Easter. Thereare no rituals except to prepare for tomorrow, or, nowadays, to pretend that 8 pm is reallymidnight. Limbo is more than not knowing. It is fearing and anticipation, wanting and…
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It is Holy Week. Throughout the world people are in processions. Some are participating in religious traditions; some are marching for their lives. Some begin in Palm Sunday joy and end in Good Friday grief; others begin in terror and grief and end in, if not joy, then at least safety and welcome. Still others…
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