This is a good moment to look back at Holy Week and review and reflect… As I stand by the Easter vigil new fire, and when I hear again the chanting of the Exsultet, I’m conscious, once again, that we, in Aotearoa New Zealand, first after the date line, set off the roll of this… Continue Reading
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Maundy Wednesday?
In Holy Week there was an article in our newspaper lifted from The Times without critique or adaptation. Christians, we were told, are celebrating the Last Supper a day late. “Millions of Christians in the Western world will commemorate the Last Supper of Christ with His disciples on Maundy Thursday as Holy Week leads into… Continue Reading
Holy Week/Easter resources
textweek resources readings for Holy Week readings for Easter • collect/opening prayer reflection for Holy Week • collect/opening prayer reflection for Maundy Thursday/Holy Thursday • collect/opening prayer reflection for Easter Day • collect/opening prayer reflection for Palm/Passion Sunday • Palm Sunday • Maundy Thursday • Good Friday • Easter Vigil • Easter Season Attend the… Continue Reading
Holy Week
In contemporary Western liturgy this Sunday is the Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday – it includes the liturgy of the palms. readings for Liturgy of the Palms readings for the Passion textweek for Liturgy of the Palms textweek for the Passion I suggest you take no notice of the collect suggested in the NZ… Continue Reading
Maundy Thursday on April 1st
Thanks to a comment on the Facebook Liturgy Page From Church Times More on April Fool
Resources for Holy Week & Easter
What hymns, prayers, ideas, resources, for Holy Week and Easter do you want to share in the comments? Holy Week collect/opening prayer reflection Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) collect/opening prayer reflection Easter collect/opening prayer reflection Easter Season reflection Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) service outline Good Friday service outline The Great Vigil of Easter service outline Easter… Continue Reading
Shape of Lent Easter
I have created this chart to help clarify how the Lent and Easter Seasons fit into the year. This period forms a quarter of the year. The forty days of Lent is an approximate tenth or tithe of the year. The fifty days of the Easter Season is approximately a seventh of the year –… Continue Reading