Tag: Holy Thursday
Passover and the Passion: Jewish roots enrich Holy Week celebrations
Washington D.C., Apr 2, 2015 / 07:54 am (CNA).- As Catholics around the globe prepare for the Easter Triduum, the three-day period beginning with Holy Thursday and culminating in the celebration of Easter, the Jewish community prepares for its own liturgical celebration of Passover, remembering how God freed their ancestors from slavery in Egypt. These… Read More ›
Holy Thursday: The Garden
Alone in the garden leaning upon a rock, his followers asleep not understanding what was coming, the shivering in fear the sweating of blood caused by the depth of anxiety, the prayer of surrender “not my will but yours be done”; the kiss of betrayal done in mockery, “hail Rabbi”; the fleeing of the apostles,… Read More ›
Holy Thursday: The meal
So simple bread and wine the common food of common people, so everyday, yet a staple needed for life. He took the bread, broke it, the wine also in its simple cup, saying, this is my body, broken for you for the remission of sin and blood, eat in remembrance of what I am about… Read More ›
Holy Thursday: Some thoughts
Together they gathered for Passover, for his followers it was what they have always done in the past, not knowing that something different was about to be implemented, so as Jesus watched seeing those he loved and cherished, filled with a loneliness that no other could bear, knowing that soon very soon, one would betray,… Read More ›