This is a special Triduum version of the Words from Will. Since it's Latin, "Triduum" sounds extra-holy. It simply means "three days." It is, however, the term used to link together the three holiest days of the year.
I wanted to send this out to you as one last reminder that these hold days are upon us. Tonight at 7 PM, we will gather for the Maundy Thursday service that includes preaching, foot washing, Communion, and hearing the passion story as lights are dimmed.
I wanted to send this out to you as one last reminder that these hold days are upon us. Tonight at 7 PM, we will gather for the Maundy Thursday service that includes preaching, foot washing, Communion, and hearing the passion story as lights are dimmed.
Tomorrow at 10 AM, we will gather in the Irby Street parking lot to make a short pilgrimage through downtown, again hearing the passion readings, as well as short reflections and prayers, during the Stations of the Cross.
At noon tomorrow, we'll honor Good Friday with a service in the sanctuary.
Sunday, of course, will be Easter. There will be a 7 AM Sunrise Service at St. Johns Church on Dargan Street followed by the 9 AM and 11:15 AM services at Central.
That's the Triduum. It begins with Jesus naming the bread and wine as his body, then descends into darkness in commemoration of his death, and ends the way death is put to death: with those victorious words that dispel the darkness, "Christ is Risen!"
In a week that needed no extra heft, but now even heavier with the terror in Brussels, I hope you will be mindful of our Lord who grieved until he sweated blood, then offered himself that from his death forward we would grieve, but not as those who have no hope! (1 Thessalonians 4:13-14).
A blessed Triduum to you,
At noon tomorrow, we'll honor Good Friday with a service in the sanctuary.
Sunday, of course, will be Easter. There will be a 7 AM Sunrise Service at St. Johns Church on Dargan Street followed by the 9 AM and 11:15 AM services at Central.
That's the Triduum. It begins with Jesus naming the bread and wine as his body, then descends into darkness in commemoration of his death, and ends the way death is put to death: with those victorious words that dispel the darkness, "Christ is Risen!"
In a week that needed no extra heft, but now even heavier with the terror in Brussels, I hope you will be mindful of our Lord who grieved until he sweated blood, then offered himself that from his death forward we would grieve, but not as those who have no hope! (1 Thessalonians 4:13-14).
A blessed Triduum to you,