"On the sabbath they rested according to the commandment."
It's Wednesday, so I'm thinking about how life goes on, even during Holy Week.
On Wednesdays, I workshop the sermon. Holy Week is coming up! Today I’m working on Palm Sunday..
Reading: the Gospel is the entire Passion story from Luke, which is at the bottom of this post because it is very long.
Scripture: I love reading the Passion story. Like many churches, mine has parishioners take parts, and the reading is dramatic. And long.
As it should be.
Every moment of Jesus’ arrest, trial, crucifixion, and death. Feeling the horror, the solemnity, the hope ebbing from Jesus’ followers. The mourning. Understanding the literal earth-shattering central events of the Christian faith.
This year, I was so struck by the last line of the 23rd chapter of Luke (Jesus’ death):
On the sabbath they rested according to the commandment.