HOLY WEEK

Holy Week is the last week of the 40 days of Lent.

It starts with Palm Sunday and ends with Holy Saturday.

It is celebrated to remember the final days of Jesus– His

suffering, death, and resurrection.

Moreover, it tells us about God’s love for mankind.

Jesus came to

Jerusalem,

the week he was to die,

riding on a donkey,

riding strong and high.

PALM SUNDAY

PALM SUNDAY

Through this feast, we remember Jesus’ triumphant entry

into Jerusalem.

According to the Gospels, Jesus rode a donkey into

Jerusalem, the celebrating people lay down their cloaks in

front of him and small branches of trees.

The donkey is an animal of peace.

Jesus’ entry to Jerusalem symbolized His entry as the

Prince of Peace.

The palm branch was a symbol of triumph and victory in

Jewish tradition.

Note: The palm branches used during this celebration are

later on burned and used for the Ash Wednesday.

The week He came,

another man died.

Lazarus was his name.

HOLY MONDAY

“Come out of your grave,”

Jesus cried.

And out of his grave he

came.

Thank you, God of Life; you want me to live, not die.

That week there was another man,

a man who could not see.

Jesus rubbed his eyes and said,

“Believe and you will see.”

And believing, the man could see!

HOLY TUESDAY

Thank you, God of Light for giving light to me.

HOLY MONDAY AND

TUESDAY

Some people believe that on Monday, Jesus also freed

the animals being sold and killed. The freeing of many

oxen and sheep has been compared to the slaves being

set free.

Tuesday was the day that the Pharisees got together and

made a plan to have Jesus killed.

Though not major days for celebration, but these events

did lead up to Jesus’ death.

On Wednesday, one of His friends

Judas was his name

Went to the leaders and said,

“I know where He goes,

I know where He stays,

He’s yours if you want Him.”

So for thirty silver coins, Judas betrayed

Jesus.

HOLY WEDNESDAY

On Thursday night, Jesus ate with His friends.

Bread and wine Jesus gave to them:

“Here is my body and here is my blood.

It will make you free. When you do this,” he said,

“remember me.”

HOLY THURSDAY

On this day, Jesus also told His disciples that it is

more important to serve than to be served.

His disciples feet, He lovingly washed.

HOLY THURSDAY

They went to a garden, after the meal.

Jesus knelt and prayed.

“Father, my Father, help me.

Help me, I am afraid.”

HOLY THURSDAY

Then, Judas came, and soldiers, too.

The soldiers put Him in chains,

and took Him alone to Pontius Pilate.

“He’s dangerous, He must die!” they cried.

HOLY THURSDAY

On Friday, Jesus was made

to drag a huge cross to a hill

all by Himself.

He had a crown on His head

made of thorns.

He was nailed to the cross by

His hands and feet.

“Father take me,” Jesus said.

“Take me into your hands.”

God reached down and took

His only Son.

“I am God who raises up,

Your life has just began.

I am God of the living,

No grave can hold my Son.”

GOOD FRIDAY

After Jesus died, He was put on a tomb.

The guards rolled a big rock in front of the opening

to make sure that no one could get in or out.

It is a time to mourn and remember Jesus’ death.

BLACK SATURDAY

On Sunday, when the week

was done,

Jesus rose from the dead.

“Praise God, Alleluia!”

Risen is God’s only Son!

“Go into the world and preach

the Good News to everyone,

everywhere. Anyone who

believes and is baptized will

be saved. But anyone who

refuses to believe will be

condemned,” Jesus told His

disciples

EASTER SUNDAY

"For God so loved the

world, that He gave His

only begotten Son, that

whoever believes in Him

shall not perish, but have

eternal life.” (John 3:16)

The Holy Week is a week of LOVE.

It is this LOVE that makes this week HOLY.

On Palm Sunday, LOVE leads the way to Jerusalem.

That LOVE washes feet on Maundy Thursday and gives

itself in the Holy Supper.

On Good Friday, it is the LOVE on the cross that saves

us.

Finally, the tomb is emptied on Easter Sunday.

It is about Jesus. It is about His LOVE for all of us.

The Holy Week is a story of a

parent’s love for the WHOLE

family.

This is the parent who loves the

kid who runs away, the kid who

lies, and all other kids with all

their failings and problems.

“Love the Lord, your God

with all your heart and

with all your soul and with

all your mind and with all

your strength.”

“Love your neighbor as

yourself.”

“No one has greater love

than the man who lays

down his life for his

friends.”

“If I have a faith that can move

mountains, but do not have

love, I am nothing.

If I give all I possess to the

poor and give over my body to

hardship that I may boast, but

do not have love, I gain

nothing.

Love is patient. Love is kind.

It does not envy. It does not boast.

It is not proud.

Love does not delight in evil but

rejoices in the truth.

It always protects, always trusts,

always hopes, always perseveres.

- 1 Corinthians 13

And now these three

remain:

Faith. Hope. Love.

But the greatest of these

is:

LOVE.

“Beloved, let us love one

another; for love is of

God, and he who loves is

born of God and knows

God. He who does not love

does not know God; for

God is love.”

- 1 John 4:7-11

From now on, I promise

to:

Love God.

Love Others.