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26 March 2021   From the archive: Stations of the Cross | Reflect on the readings and liturgy for Palm Sunday and Holy Week
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Stations of the Cross

If you are praying the Stations of the Cross in preparation for and during Holy Week, you might be inspired by the following collections:
  • Nicholas King SJ's Stations help you reach out to Jesus and let him transform you.  Read >>
  • Thinking Faith's Editor offers a series of contemporary reflections inspired by the Stations of the Cross.  Read >>
  • Teresa McCaffery reflects on the Stations of the Cross in light of the pandemic.  Read >>
  • You can also pray with Pray as you go's Stations of the Cross.  Listen >>

Spotlight on Scripture

Palm Sunday: 
Celebrating the Passion of the Lord

During Holy Week this year, we hear the Passion narratives from Mark’s Gospel on Palm Sunday and John’s Gospel on Good Friday. Peter Edmonds SJ compares the portraits of Jesus presented in these accounts, and in the other Good Friday readings. How, through these Scriptures, do we meet Jesus as our Servant, Priest and King?  Read >>
St Paul

Palm Sunday: The Letter of Paul to the Philippians

St Paul’s letter to the Church of Philippi is best known for its passage on the ‘emptying’ of Christ, which is our Second Reading on Palm Sunday. Peter Edmonds SJ explores one of Paul’s shortest but most appealing epistles.  Read >>
six days before the passover

Monday of Holy Week: Six days before the Passover

The gospel tells us about Jesus visiting Mary and Martha, and their brother Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. Rob Marsh SJ invites us to enter into the scene by considering the events from Mary’s point of view and imagining how joy, confusion and fear all gave way to devotion.  Read >>
The Taking of Christ

Tuesday & Wednesday of Holy Week: The Betrayal

We hear from the Gospels of John (on Tuesday) and Matthew (on Wednesday) about Judas's betrayal of Jesus. Teresa White FCJ immerses herself in the scene that Caravaggio creates in 'The Taking of Christ', arguably the most famous depiction of the arrest of Jesus. 'It may be that what the artist wanted to depict here is the compassion of Jesus. Does he foresee that, Judas, although he will experience remorse for his action, will before very long lose all hope of God’s mercy and forgiveness?'  Read >>

The Way of Holy Week

The liturgies of Holy Week, whether we participate in person or remotely, invite us to engage with the words, actions and experiences that constituted Jesus’s way to the Father. Fr Tony Nye describes how, over the coming days, we will contemplate Jesus’s journey through silence, symbols and scripture. Read >>
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