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From the Priest-in-Charge
We are now in Holy week. This is the time when we
remember what Jesus suffered for us to enable us truly to enter
into his life. The powers of darkness did everything they could
to humiliate and destroy Jesus, and yet God took that horrible
moment in which even Jesus’ friends betrayed him to show us
what true faithfulness looks like.
Jesus did this for each of us, and it’s not just a far-off wistful
hope that we are given. Eternal life begins here right now. Yes,
the empty tomb and the appearances of Jesus among his
disciples demonstrated vividly that God did raise Jesus from the
dead. It was so amazing that at first the disciples couldn’t
believe it, but when they at last took it in, they were
transformed from being a cowardly, grieving, paralyzed group,
into confident, exuberant folk who eventually “turned the world
upside down.” And so can we.
This joy and confidence belonged not only to those first
disciples, but are his gifts to us now as we recall the mighty
events of the final days of Jesus’ earthly ministry, events that
give us life today.
Join us this Holy Week at Christ Church, St. John’s Parish:
Maundy Thursday, 7:30 PM: Holy Eucharist --
remembrance of Jesus’ Last Supper with his disciples
Good Friday, 12:00 Noon and 7:30 PM: Meditation on Jesus’
suffering and death (The Good Friday Liturgy)
Easter Sunday, Feast of the Resurrection, 8:00 AM: Holy
Eucharist; 9:00 AM: Holy Eucharist and Baptism
(After the service: easter egg hunt)
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