This is a hard week.
Sunday started with the singing of, “All glory, laud, and honor,” and quickly moved to shouting, “Crucify him!”
The Daily Collects this week refer to the way of the cross and death as a way of life and peace; ask that we may gladly suffer shame and loss for the sake of Jesus; remind us that Jesus gave his body to be whipped and his face to be spit upon; recall his willingness to be betrayed; and ask us to wait while the body of Jesus lay in a tomb.
This is a hard week.
For most of the year we celebrate Christ’s victory over death. We practice hope. We remember that life is changed, not ended. But this week is different.
This week we betray Jesus. This week we join with a blood-thirsty mob and shout, “Crucify him!” This week we watch from a safe distance as Jesus is beaten, whipped, and hung on a cross to die. This week we let someone else place his body in a tomb, because we are afraid of being associated with him. This week we wonder if hope dies. This week we wonder if life is not changed, but simply ends.
This is a hard week.
Let us bless the Lord.
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