Some thoughts from the archives on the new hope of Holy Week:
One of the things that holds the themes of Holy Week together for me is our Lauds hymn. Each day it its own verse that reflects a particular aspect of the Salvation narrative that we’re celebrating through this great and challenging week.
These are combined with a refrain that’s repeated each day, linking the themes and drawing them together across the days.
The second theme of I find it helpful to reflect on is new hope:
“There Love cries out despairing at his end
New hope to us, the loveless to extend.”
Holy Week can feel so full of fear, despair and betrayal that it can be hard to keep sight of hope. Even as Jesus cries out in despair from the cross, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me”, his love reaches across the despair with a new hope.
Where is Christ’s love calling out to you today?
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