Volume V Number 35—April 17, 2014
Holy Week
For Christians around the world, this week is holy, special, sacred, set apart. It marks events of crucial significance in the history of the Christian faith:
• Maundy Thursday – the institution of the Lord’s Supper, Holy Communion.
• Good Friday – the crucifixion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
• Holy Saturday – the day Jesus’ body lay in the tomb between Friday and Sunday.
• Easter Sunday – the Festival of the Resurrection of our Lord from the grave.
The early church and liturgical churches today call the three days from Good Friday to Easter Sunday the triidium, the intent of which is to signify the walk with Jesus through the darkest hours of his life. The conclusion of the triidium is the celebration of the glory and miracle of the resurrection on Easter Sunday morning!
Terry and I pray for each of you a blessed Holy Week. We, like many of you, will attend services of worship this week that will renew in our hearts an ever growing appreciation for the life, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus.
At the end of the day, at the end of our life here on earth, what really matters, eternally, is made possible and provided for believers in Christ through the events of this Holy Week!
• Maundy Thursday – the institution of the Lord’s Supper, Holy Communion.
• Good Friday – the crucifixion of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
• Holy Saturday – the day Jesus’ body lay in the tomb between Friday and Sunday.
• Easter Sunday – the Festival of the Resurrection of our Lord from the grave.
The early church and liturgical churches today call the three days from Good Friday to Easter Sunday the triidium, the intent of which is to signify the walk with Jesus through the darkest hours of his life. The conclusion of the triidium is the celebration of the glory and miracle of the resurrection on Easter Sunday morning!
Terry and I pray for each of you a blessed Holy Week. We, like many of you, will attend services of worship this week that will renew in our hearts an ever growing appreciation for the life, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus.
At the end of the day, at the end of our life here on earth, what really matters, eternally, is made possible and provided for believers in Christ through the events of this Holy Week!
The peace of the Lord be with you!
Dr. Gerald B. (Jerry) Kieschnick
One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism - Eph. 4:5
For previous issues of Perspectives go to www.jerrykieschnick.wordpress.com
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