The Days of Holy Week and What They Mean, JerseyCatholic.com

PALM SUNDAY: on this day, Christians commemorate Jesus’ ‘triumphal entry’ into Jerusalem where the Gospels tell us He was greeted with crowds waving palm branches and crying “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!” (Mark 11:9-10).  

HOLY WEDNESDAY: this day marks the darkness, the abandonment of Jesus by his disciples, and anticipates the anguish of Good Friday later in Holy Week.

MAUNDY THURSDAY: this marks the Last Supper that Jesus shares with his disciples, his betrayal by his disciple Judas Iscariot, and his arrest at the Garden of Gethsemane.

GOOD FRIDAY: this marks Jesus’ agony on the cross; this day commemorates Jesus’ trial before Pontius Pilate, his sentence of death, his torture, his crucifixion and burial. It is called ‘good’ Friday in the sense of the word good means something ‘holy’ (‘Holy Friday’); this is the most somber day for Christians, when the agony, death and burial of Jesus is remembered.

HOLY SATURDAY or EASTER SUNDAY: this marks the visiting of the empty tomb of Jesus and the celebrating of His resurrestion from the grave; the hope and glory of the resurrection of Christ which is at the heart of the Gospel and the center of the Christian faith (Trinity College.com)

This is the week. This is HOLY WEEK, the week we remember that Christ did HIS THING. Lived HIS PURPOSE. For US. This is the week we celebrate and commemorate the fact that the SON OF GOD, JESUS, suffered and died in our place. This is the week that we give thanks for GRACE, for His great love, and for His enormous sacrifice.

As we claim to be Christians and to believe in who Jesus is and what He did, let’s worship as if we truly appreciate what this HOLY WEEK is all about. We can celebrate the fact that because Jesus died in our place, we are given eternal life. This impels us to lead by example, worship as a family, pray as a family, and to teach our littles about this Holy week at home.

So, as we worship, pray, and reflect this week, let’s BOOK SOME TIME WITH OUR KIDS and teach them the EASTER STORY. We can have fun with Easter baskets, meals, bunnies and candy. But let’s also be intentional with the name of JESUS and His STORY, teaching our littles what Easter is really all about, a love called Jesus~

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