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This list of Holy Week resources鈥攁rt, music, devotions, liturgies, books, and sermons鈥攚ill help you plan worship for Holy Week, beginning with Palm Sunday and ending with Triduum, the three days that mark Jesus鈥 trial, death, and resurrection, from the evening of Maundy Thursday through Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter morning.
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The week begins with Passion/Palm Sunday and ends with the 鈥渢hree days鈥 (also called the Triduum, from sunset on Thursday to sunset on Easter Day) which mark Jesus鈥 trial, death, and resurrection. These days feature not only the drama of the triumphal entry, trial, last supper, and crucifixion but also poignant prayers and prophetic teachings of our Lord. John鈥檚 gospel devotes eight of its twenty-one chapters to this week alone! 色中色 throughout Holy Week invites the congregation to think of themselves as participants in a dramatic reenactment of scriptural events. Thus, children may be invited to process while shouting 鈥淗osanna!鈥 Or, in the reading of the passion narrative, the entire congregation may be invited to speak the words, 鈥淐rucify him! Crucify him!鈥 (certainly one of the most unsettling actions in any worship service). These help the congregation sense the significance of the narratives for what they teach us about Jesus鈥 ministry, about God鈥檚 being and character, and about the nature and scope of redemption in Christ. (adapted from )
