Holy Week...

I am a bit behind but wanted to share some thoughts about this 'Holy week' the week before Resurrection Sunday or Easter as it has become known as.  These thoughts are not mine totally but accumulated from several other sources...seeing I am starting late, I have combined the first three days into this post.  I hope you enjoy them..

When I was a child, Holy Week, (the week preceding Easter) was always so special. We would think of what Jesus was doing as He was preparing His trip to the Cross. On Monday, He cleansed the temple declaring the Temple of the Lord should be a place of Prayer. How is your Temple today? I am examining mine.

On Tuesday of Holy Week we find Jesus teaching in the Temple courts. He spent much of this day debating with the Pharisees and other religious authorities. Why were they so opposed to him? One motive was materialistic: the Pharisees "loved money" (Luke 16:14). For instance, they hoarded money they should have used to support their parents, a practice Jesus severely criticized (Matthew 15:3-6). They illustrated the fact that "the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs" (1 Timothy 6:10). (The Dennison Forum)

Wednesday is Silent Wednesday in Holy Week. The Gospels do not record a single event in the life of Jesus on this day. He spent this day in quiet with his disciples at the home of his friends, Mary, Martha, and Lazarus (Matthew 21:17). As he so often sought his Father in prayer (cf. Mark 1:35), he spent Silent Wednesday in prayerful preparation for all that would soon come.---Are you Ready for the soon return of the Risen King?(Dennison Forum)

Will be back tomorrow to post about Thursday...enjoy and God Bless