The liturgy takes time and we are taken more deeply into the mysteries of Holy Week when we allow for this time to work on us and in us. Sometimes the experiences of Holy Week are difficult for us to put into words. And we find it difficult to describe the range of feelings and thoughts we may have had. The reason for this is that Holy Week is not primarily a verbal experience. Instead, it uses the language of signs.
Liturgical language is about gesture and sense.
The smell of beeswax is important. The language of signs is not complicated but for adults it usually requires some effort of the kind referred to by Jesus when he told his disciples to become like children. Holy Week is not for bystanders. It invites participation. In the liturgies of this holy week, the kingdom of heaven takes possession of this world and claims the world and all that is in it for God.