Young Couples Class-St. Every year I look forward with dread and anticipation to the Holy Week liturgies. I dread it because of that sick feeling I get deep in the pit of my stomach when I have to face the details of what Jesus went through to save our souls. On Good Friday the pain and humiliation are brought home. I welcome the liturgies of Holy Week because they are the way to Easter.
Resurrection is impossible without death.
It was true for Jesus and it is just as true for us. We will be unable to fully comprehend the wonder of the empty tomb until we have seen Him hanging on the Cross. I am thankful for a Church that provides for us the means to experience the wholeness of what God has done for us in Christ. My hope and prayer is that in our rush toward the joy of Easter we will not miss the depth of love found on the Cross. If you have a recipe for Four and Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie, or Midland's Best Margarita, now is your chance to be famous.