Holy week!

3.04.17,  Monday the 3rd of April 2017

Holy week   

What is Holy week?

• Holy week is a week including the days of Maundy Thursday and Holy Friday, where we prepare our lives for Jesus’ coming.

When does it begin?

• After Palm Sunday where we organise ourselves for Jesus. It follows the last week of Lent.

What is Palm Sunday?

• Palms are a symbol of peace. Jesus arrived on a donkey which is a sign of humility. It is a day where people unite for Jesus’ coming.

Setting

What can I see?

• I see the sun and the clouds spreading amongst me.

What can I hear?

• The birds chirping and the angels above singing their hymns.

Where am I?

• I am participating in the word of God listening and capturing the story of Jesus.
• I am rejoicing my time with Jesus’ arrival symbolizing palms.

Mood

What is the sense of this occasion?

• I feel safe and warm that Jesus had arrived in our lives?

Standing in the background?Who stands in the background?

• Those people who are envious of Jesus and are in hatred of the coming of Christ.

What happens next?

• Palm Sunday
• Maundy Thursday/ Last supper
• Good Friday/ Crucifixion  

• Easter Sunday/

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4.04.17, Tuesday April 4 2017

WALT: Identify how Christians celebrate Holy week.

• Holy week is a sacred and solemn week for Christians. Through their liturgical celebration - people walk with Jesus in each of their events that he suffered in his life. These liturgies gather us together, as followers of Christ. We are drawn as - Te Whanau Te Karaiti, into these events (Stations of the Cross).  By being part of activities such as the Station of the Cross we are sharing part of the life and love that Jesus himself gives us at this time.

Holy thursday

• Jesus and his friends gathered together for what we what we now know as The Last Supper. Jesus gives himself to all those who are gathered at The Last Supper. Jesus give himself to the Eucharist. Jesus reminds them “ Do this in memory of me”. He gives his love (Aroha) in service by the washing of the feet. He tells them “To follow this example of loving service, to serve others in manaakitanga”

Good Friday

• Jesus gives his life in love on the cross. He give Mary to John as his mother. He forgives all those who has sinned against him for all those sins. He reconciles them with God (To grow and restore faith in the father). He gives the gift of passing through death to life with God.