Holy Week

Annie, I'll be with you.

Me too Annie

I will share Annie.

I will too, Annie, if you don't mind.

I haven't thought about Holy Week for years and up popped this thread just when I was remembering things about my church going younger days.

And me, Annie.

Thanks for this Annie.
I love Christmas, but as a Christian it is Easter that moves me and is the bedrock of my faith. One of the Easter poems that I find very moving is the one below; written by an atheist about Jesus.

Easter Hymn

If in that Syrian garden, ages slain,
You sleep, and know not you are dead in vain,
Nor even in dreams behold how dark and bright
Ascends in smoke and fire by day and night
The hate you died to quench and could but fan,
Sleep well and see no morning, son of man.

But if, the grave rent and the stone rolled by,
At the right hand of majesty on high
You sit, and sitting so remember yet
Your tears, your agony and bloody sweat,
Your cross and passion and the life you gave,
Bow hither out of heaven and see and save.
A. E. Housman (1859-1936)

I love Easter as it promises hope it was always the best time in church for me. Sadly although we have a beautiful church here which has been extensively restored we have a Rector who thinks his role is to dress up as various characters yes he does dress as the Easter Bunny on Easter Sunday and I still haven't forgiven him for Darth Vader to conduct the Christmas Day service a couple of years ago. so in short we wont be going to church so being with you all on here to share the Easter message will be lovely. Thank you.

I know how important Holy Week is. Far more important than Christmas. I'll read your posts Anniebach.

Me too, well done Annie

I am not religious and don't know The Words from The Cross but I am looking forward to your posts Annie and sharing with you if I may

Thank you Annie.x

I’ll be reading your posts. Thank you, Annie.

Thank you all for sharing with me . As there are seven words I thought one a day will take us to Good Friday so I will post the first tomorrow.

Anyone read 'Who Moved The Stone' written by Frank Morrison? I read it many years ago. It's known as the book that wouldn't be written. He was a journalist who set out to write a book dismissing the resurrection as a myth, did much research , it is available on kindle .

grannyactivist, beautiful poem.

Teetime, Darth Vadar and Christmas ? ? Sorry it caused you upset but it has given me a giggle, what on earth was he trying to say to you

Holy Week is the centre of our faith, I long ago gave up trying not to cry during the Good Friday service . Such pain, such sorrow which gives the most precious gift of hope .

And perhaps for those who do not share this hope an understanding

Just as an aside.

Teetime, your vicar sounds better than our current one who lives about 4 doors away, passes our house to get to church and has not spoken to either of us in the 4/5 years he has livedthere. Nor has his wife who is also a vicar.

DD3 went to a Catholic school where the priest always did something fun on the last day of term. The best was turning to approach the cross on the day of the carol service, his robes came to life in the shape of a Christmas tree with flashing baubles!!

Anniebach and any of you that have a faith which you truely believe in, how i envy you. It must be so wonderful to have faith in times of trouble and to have the support of like minded people from your church in your life. Have a wonderful Easter and i look forward to reading your post over the next week.

Anniebach, I will be with you in this and look forward to your posts.

.travelsafar, yes it is wonderful in times of trouble but also in happy times . Two days ago I saw a beautiful rainbow from my living room window and my first thoughts were of God, my second of Finians Rainbow , my third ? Yep the Judy Garland song ?

kitty, I remember ranting to my priest about someone who ignored people, he said - just think as Jesus thinks , poor people must suffer stiff necks keeping their noses in the air ?

Thank you Annie Your posts will be well received here

I will read your posts, Annie Thank you.

Annie
Happy to share with you.
Xx

I will read them too annie thank you.

I read Frank Morison's 'Who Moved The Stone?' many years ago Annie and have probably given away a dozen or so copies since. Although the author wasn't a legal man his approach to the subject was logical, and quite broad. He attempts to approach the topic as objectively as possible, but from the viewpoint of someone who was not a Christian. His intention was to disprove the resurrection of Jesus yet after carefully study he was led to conclude it truly happened! I still have my original copy, but the language and style are now very dated so Lee Strobell's 'The Case For Christ' might be a slightly more readable alternative.

I will be reading your posts annie - thank you x

I will be with you too. Thank you.