maundy

It's Holy Week, which Means it's Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. But there's an argument made around certain parts that the beginning of Holy Week, Palm Sunday, should instead be called "the Sunday of the Passion", which I think is a stupid thing to do. My argument is simple. Is you have the Sunday before be all about the passion, people will begin to think Jesus was in the tomb a whole week.

 

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Maundy Thursday Service

Jesus washes his disciples' feet, honoring their last night together.

Jesus' Triumphal Entry.  Lots of good stuff and again stressing an emphasis this Easter season on Jesus and what he has done for all humanity.  Behold!  You King arrives! 

Also, a lot of churches are shifting emphasis on the traditional Palm Sunday from the triumphal entry to Jesus' Passion.  Good or bad?

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On the night the church remembers Jesus' last meal with his disciples and his example of servanthood Glynn reflected on how inclusive the table was for Jesus as reflected in the four key actions associated with communion: Took, Blessed, Broke and Gave. "One of the distinguishing practices of the Jesus movement was that no matter whom you were – a woman, a taxcollector, a Pharisee, or a child – you sat and ate at the same table with everyone else. There was no barrier to those who were considered impure, inferior and unworthy. This egalitarian, inclusive behaviour spoke louder than any pronouncements of belief. The table was for all." The homily is given by Clay Nelson due to Glynn becoming ill. Full text at www.stmatthews.org.nz/nav.php?sid=533&id=1049

In her Maundy Thursday meditation Denise focuses on just how radical Jesus' act of washing his disciples' feet was. She wonders if we get it. "I look at the long history of the church and the societies we have built and wonder how different we really are. Have we learned or really understood? Do we live this understanding?" See full text at http://www.stmatthews.org.nz/nav.php?sid=453&id=820.

In his Maundy Thursday sermon, Glynn examines issues of power and responsibility in the church. "Who wipes up the kid’s mess? You know, when there is a cordial spill, or when mud is traipsed in? Ideally, so the family theory goes, ‘the one who made the mess cleans it up’. But you know and I know that ideals and theories don’t always work. Inevitably it comes back to Mum or Dad - or, in Jesus day, the servants. Not that Jesus had servants. He wasn’t from the wealthy end of town. But, being the local popular healer [or was it just the novelty factor?] he seems to have got a lot of invitations to the homes of wealthy people. “Come in, Mr Jesus.” “Pleased to meet you, Mr Jesus.” “Care for some wine Mr Jesus?”" Full text at http://www.stmatthews.org.nz/nav.php?sid=322&id=716.