While searching for images I could use this Holy Week, I discovered this beautiful photo set on Flickr. The set includes all the traditional 14 stations and the Resurrection (often included as the Fifteenth Station). Each image also comes with the usual Via Crucis prayer. Continue reading
The following are homilies, images, clipart, video, toon and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the Third Sunday of Easter (Year C). In this Sunday’s gospel, Jesus reveals himself again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. After having breakfast with his disciples, Jesus asks Peter “do you love me” three times. And Peter’s responds by saying “yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” To which Jesus rejoins by saying “feed my sheep”.
FIRST READING: Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41
PSALM: Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11-12, 13
SECOND READING: Rev 5:11-14
GOSPEL: Jn 21:1-19 or 21:1-14
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By ReverendFun
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Here is a collection of 10 stunning images that you can use as worship backgrounds, liturgy visuals, and desktop wallpapers this Holy Week. Not only are they well-designed, they are also inspiring. And in my case, they also led me to contemplate on the sacrifice Jesus did in order to let the world experience the Father’s great love.
Holy Week is the last week of of the 40-day season of Lent. Since Holy Week directly precedes Easter, the week’s liturgy focuses primarily on Christ’s passion and death. It is that time of the year when Catholic churches all over the world commemorate and re-enact the life, ministry, crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus. The conclusion to Holy Week is called the Easter Triduum.
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The following are homilies, images, clipart, video, toon and multimedia slides you might find useful for your celebration of the Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion (Year C). Palm Sunday is the sixth and last Sunday of Lent and the beginning of Holy Week. It is considered a Sunday of the highest rank that not even a commemoration of any kind is being permitted in the Mass. In common law it fixes the commencement of Easter duty. For more detailed info about Palm Sunday please click here.
FIRST READING: Is 50:4-7
PSALM: Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24
SECOND READING: Phil 2:6-11
GOSPEL: Lk 22:14-23:56
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The Palm Sunday movement can also be the Church’s movement. There is the instinctive urge for temporary triumphs and for seeking manifestations of God’s presence in the form of the blessings of health and wealth. But the deeper Christian calling is to service and this is often learned in the school of suffering. It is in going through this suffering, this paschal mystery, that lasting triumph is achieved. Read more…
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Holy Week is that time of the year when Catholics commemorate the passion and death of Jesus and celebrate his resurrection. Since it is also vacation time for most people, it is easy to forget that Holy Week is about prayer, devotions and penance, and not about going to the beach and partying all night.
Do you want to have a holy Holy Week? Your Semana Santa will just turn out to be any other week if you do not make a personal effort to sanctify it. So what should you do to make Holy Week truly holy? Aside from participating in Church liturgical services, I suggest the following activities. But of course, you can add your own suggestions to the list.
1. Some of our worst enemies are our own kin. Reach out to your difficult family members and do the Stations of the Cross and the visita iglesia with them.
2. Jesus loves everyone and befriends those who are condemned by others as sinners and outcasts. Remember the people you dislike or hate. Text, call or visit them and reconcile with them this Holy Week.
3. Jesus washed the feet of his disciples. You can also “wash the feet” of others by doing acts of humble and loving service.
4. Give up something you don’t need or spend as much on your needy neighbors as you spend on hard drinks, cigarettes, and other unnecessary wants.
5. On Maundy Thursday, prepare a simple meal for your family and begin the meal with a shared prayer and a short remembrance of the Last Supper.
6. On Good Friday, spend a quite time before a crucifix. Reflect on the important choices you have made in the past. Get to know yourself better and ask: what changes do I need to make in order to foster a more intimate relationship with Christ?
7. On Black Saturday, make Easter presents for those who are close to your heart. Make something that will express to them that they are important and precious to you.
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Please know that this article was first posted here on 28 March 2007.
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If you plan to make good use of your iPhone or iPod Touch this Holy Week, you might want to install these applications:
1. Way of the Cross – contains colorful images and the traditional text of the fourteen Stations of the Cross.
2. Via Crucis – similar to the the application above, except that the prayers and meditations used in this app are from the Vatican website.
3. iConfess – a guidebook to the Sacrament of Reconciliation for Catholics. It covers such important topics as the Ten Commandments, Examination of Conscience and the basics of confession (what, why, how).
4. Cards for Easter – a collection of 11 Easter cards that users can send out through email directly from the iPhone or iPod Touch.
5. iMissal – the first and so far the only Catholic Missal/Missalette app for iPhone and iPod Touch. It features a full calendar of the liturgical seasons, the Mass readings for the whole liturgical cycle, over 50 of the most popular Catholic prayes and of course the Order of Mass.