Holy Week

ShoeDiva

ShoeDiva

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Just wondering if you celebrate it? In both my (Catholic) and my husbands religion (Lutheran AKA in my home - Catholic "light" :p ) it is a much celebrated week.
Do you celebrate Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday? Does your church have special services for Holy Week?

I was raised in an Italian Catholic environment and do not know much outside of that. (Why I ask)
 
We may not follow the same, exact procedure, but Easter is very special for all Christians. It should be to all people. Without what Christ did for us, there would be no hope for mankind.

HE AROSE! HE AROSE! HALLELUJAH CHRIST AROSE! :D
 
I'm also Catholic, Mrs. Mac is Methodist. We are still "interviewing" churches up here. I think we like the Catholic church we've attended the last two Sundays. Still trying to narrow down the Methodist choice.

And there are a LOT of churches in the area! Typically much smaller than what we have been attending.

Having said all that, we used to go to Maunday/Thursday, but can't seem to find a church up here that practices it. We enjoyed Palm Sunday at the Catholic church. And I've been trying, with fair success, to stay away from meats on Fridays. Planning to attend services this weekend, just not sure which ones or where.
 
MacDaddy said:
I'm also Catholic, Mrs. Mac is Methodist. We are still "interviewing" churches up here. I think we like the Catholic church we've attended the last two Sundays. Still trying to narrow down the Methodist choice.

And there are a LOT of churches in the area! Typically much smaller than what we have been attending.

Having said all that, we used to go to Maunday/Thursday, but can't seem to find a church up here that practices it. We enjoyed Palm Sunday at the Catholic church. And I've been trying, with fair success, to stay away from meats on Fridays. Planning to attend services this weekend, just not sure which ones or where.
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I like smaller churches. The mega ones do not feel as much of a "family" to me. (JMO) :)
Good luck on your church search! I know sometimes it takes a while to find a good fit.
 
Yes, in the Anglican church, Holy Week is very much marked. My church offered a full panoply of services, pretty much, and we went to most of them: on Palm Sunday, the usual procession and palm crosses; on Wednesday Holy Week, Tenebrae; on Maundy (Holy) Thursday the service with the longest name of all, but let's call it here simply the Eucharist of the Last Supper; on Good Friday morning a procession to the town centre where people from all the churches meet, and on Good Friday afternoon the three-hour service; on Easter Even late, the Easter Vigil, concluding at 12.30am with bell-ringing and fireworks (much to the delight of the people in the pub opposite but possibly much to the annoyance of people in the area who might be trying to sleep...); and on Easter Day itself the usual array of services that you would expect.

So it's all a big event, as is fitting. Now that it has all been and gone, I can say that I did find this year that by attending all of these service (though we didn't go on the Good Friday morning march), the message of the Passion and the Resurrection is very much brought home – it is a lot of church services though. The liturgical build-up to Easter is certainly cogent and makes sense.
 
Ridingthewave said:
Yes, in the Anglican church, Holy Week is very much marked. My church offered a full panoply of services, pretty much, and we went to most of them: on Palm Sunday, the usual procession and palm crosses; on Wednesday Holy Week, Tenebrae; on Maundy (Holy) Thursday the service with the longest name of all, but let's call it here simply the Eucharist of the Last Supper; on Good Friday morning a procession to the town centre where people from all the churches meet, and on Good Friday afternoon the three-hour service; on Easter Even late, the Easter Vigil, concluding at 12.30am with bell-ringing and fireworks (much to the delight of the people in the pub opposite but possibly much to the annoyance of people in the area who might be trying to sleep...); and on Easter Day itself the usual array of services that you would expect.

So it's all a big event, as is fitting. Now that it has all been and gone, I can say that I did find this year that by attending all of these service (though we didn't go on the Good Friday morning march), the message of the Passion and the Resurrection is very much brought home – it is a lot of church services though. The liturgical build-up to Easter is certainly cogent and makes sense.
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Sounds wonderful! Do you live around here?
 
Ridingthewave said:
ShoeDiva said:
Sounds wonderful! Do you live around here?
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No, I live in England, in London. :)
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LOL! It sounded that way, but then I thought maybe there were some small towns like that here in GA. It would not be unheard of that I did not know of something around here. :)
 
I like a medium sized church. Small enough to be intimate but large enough to have some resources and a killer sound system.

OK, I'm admittedly a little nuts about the sound systems. :spr
 
Ridingthewave said:
ShoeDiva said:
Ridingthewave said:
ShoeDiva said:
Sounds wonderful! Do you live around here?
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No, I live in England, in London. :)
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LOL! It sounded that way ... :)
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Interesting. What made it sound as if I live in England?
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LOL. Your whole paragraph you typed. The processional to town, the pub, ringing of bells. (wording and spelling used) I was not positive of England, but was betting on across the pond. :)
 
Guard Dad said:
I like a medium sized church. Small enough to be intimate but large enough to have some resources and a killer sound system.

OK, I'm admittedly a little nuts about the sound systems. :spr
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HA! You are a little nuts IN GENERAL. DUH! :tapfoot2
 
rolltidega said:
Guard Dad said:
I like a medium sized church. Small enough to be intimate but large enough to have some resources and a killer sound system.

OK, I'm admittedly a little nuts about the sound systems. :spr
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HA! You are a little nuts IN GENERAL. DUH! :tapfoot2
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Well duh! ;D
 
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