Holy Week/Easter by Gianna
“Behold, we are now going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of
Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will
condemn him to death. Then they will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked
and scourged and crucified, and on the third day he will be raised to life.”
Matthew 20:18-19
The verse above is Jesus predicting his Passion, and Resurrection,
for the third time. In this blogpost I will talk about Easter and Holy Week.
Easter is the day Jesus rose from the dead, and Holy Week is Jesus’ passion/Jesus’
last week before he died/the days that lead up to Easter.
I have to be careful, because it is still Lent, and I
probably shouldn’t be talking about Easter. Also, my brother, Cameron, told me
I can’t say the “A” word during Lent (al*#@uia). It’s a Christian NATBSW (Not
Appropriate To Be Said Word) in Lent because Jesus isn’t risen yet. Lent and Easter always like to sneak up on me.
Already this coming Sunday is Palm Sunday!
My Bible is a “New Catholic Bible” (St. Joseph edition), and
lately I found some cool things in my Bible, like a little account of
fascinating Bible statistics that shows which Bible character was mentioned the
most, what is the longest chapter in the Bible, etc. I also came upon a little
timeline of Jesus’ last week that went like this:
Jesus’ Last Week:
Sunday: (Palm Sunday) Palm Sunday is the Sunday
before Easter, when Jesus enters Jerusalem on a *donkey. There are people with
palms praising him, and then Jesus visits the Temple, and then he returns to
Bethany.
I always like Palm Sunday, and sometimes making palm
crosses. *The Donkey must have been real ticked off at them Apostles Comin’ and
stealing him away (I definitely would have been). He didn’t know that he was
going to have the honor of carrying Jesus.
Monday: Monday is the day that Jesus curses an
unfruitful fig tree and Jesus cleanses the Temple court.
Here you learn a lesson: Don’t misuse the Lord’s Day, or his
house. Jesus is capable of many things, including completely demolishing, and
destroying, all the “Sam’s Club stands” in the temple.
Tuesday: Today, Jesus explains the withered fig tree,
and Jesus’ authority is questioned. Then, Jesus teaches in the Temple, Jesus
condemns the scribes and Pharisees, Jesus points out the Widow’s gift, and then
Jesus predicts the destruction of the Temple, and the end of the world.
Wow. So many things happened today! Today the Jews see that
Jesus has a lot of power and maybe are jealous. Today is a BIG turning point,
in Jesus’ and the disciples’ life.
Wednesday: On Wednesday, Jewish leaders
conspire against Jesus, Jesus is anointed at Bethany, and Judas agrees to
betray Jesus.
Oh Judas. You may think, “Why did he do that?” “Why didn’t
Jesus stop him?” Later we may see that it all was for the glory of God so that Jesus
could rise on the third day to save us from our sins.
Thursday (Holy Thursday): Today, on Thursday, Jesus
prepares to celebrate Passover, and the Last Supper happens. Jesus and his Disciples
go to the Garden of Gethsemane. Then, Jesus is betrayed and arrested, Jesus is tried
before Annas and before Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin, and Peter denies Jesus
three times.
Peter. Peter was so obstinate, he even said he’d die with
Jesus. But before he knew it, before he could do anything, it was too late.
Poor guy.
Friday (Good Friday): Then Jesus is tried before
Pilate, then Judas’ suicide, Jesus is sent to Herod, then Pilate imposes a sentence
of death. Then, Jesus is scourged and bears his Cross. Jesus is led to Golgotha.
Then, Jesus dies on the Cross and Jesus is taken down from the cross. Then, Jesus
is buried.
Today is a very serious day. We go to church to venerate the Cross, but there is not Mass. It’s also a day we think about
how Jesus died FOR US. We try to make it extra penitential, and also observe
silence from the hours of 12-3 pm (when Jesus was on the Cross).
Saturday: Then The tomb is guarded.
Today’s another day of mourning, it’s the only free day that
nothing really goes on, so I like to think about the past week.
Sunday: EMPTY TOMB! NO JESUS? JESUS RISEN?????!
EASTER?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So that’s a little bit of what Jesus’ last week was like. This
year on Easter, is my brother Carson’s birthday, so it will be an extra special
day. We make sure we spend Easter at Mass and in prayer, but also have fun and
connect as a family (and eat good food, and good candy)! I hope you enjoyed
this blogpost. HAPPY NOT EASTER! (it’s still Lent!)
God bless,
Gianna
