Following are a series of readings and prayers to guide personal prayer and reflection for Holy Week (the week between Palm Sunday and Easter) Palm Sunday The Entry into Jerusalem Primary Reading: Mark 11:1-11 Other Readings: 1 Kings 1:32-40, Zechariah 9:9-17 “Remember finally, that the ashes on your forehead are created from the burnt […]
A Pastoral Letter Concerning Violence in the Holy Land
I rejoiced when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!” Our feet are standing in your gates, Jerusalem! Jerusalem is built like a city joined together in unity. That is where the tribes go up— the Lord’s tribes! It is the law for Israel to give thanks there to […]
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The Gospel is not a pat on the back for good people.
It is comfort for grieving people.
Hope for broken people.
Love for hated and lonely people.