As we began Holy Week, we joined the Palm Sunday parade. Like the onlookers in Jerusalem, we acclaimed Jesus as Messiah and Lord. But quickly the excitement began to fade and as Christian believers we now follow Jesus in the way of the cross: • to watch and listen as Jesus gathers with his closest followers to celebrate the Passover in the Upper Room; • to take to heart his “new commandment,” that we love one another; • to go along to Gethsemane, where Jesus agonizes and pleads; • to observe from a distance while Jesus is condemned to death, taken to Golgotha, and crucified. From our vantage point two millennia later we know that Resurrection is ahead, but our hearts are heavy as we realize once again the price of our salvation. “With his stripes, we are healed,” the prophet said. Join us this Holy Week on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. for the Service of Holy Communion, and on Friday at 7:00 p.m. for a Service of Music, Scripture and Prayer for Good Friday.
Posted on: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 02:37:28 +0000