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Wondrous Love, Wondrous Table

Wondrous Love, Wondrous Table

Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. (John 13:1)   NIGHTTIME DURING Holy Week becomes the dark before the dawn. The story of Jesus’ last week and final sacrifice chart a descent into the shadier corners of the human heart. On the...
Anthems and Prayers for Holy Week & Easter

Anthems and Prayers for Holy Week & Easter

The Entry into Jerusalem, detail; Unknown; Ottonian, c.1030. (see below). Worship resources for Holy Week and Easter 2021 (appropriate for the scriptures in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary). Choral music selections are rated according to difficulty: E = Easy,...
Ah, Holy Jesus — forgiving to the end

Ah, Holy Jesus — forgiving to the end

“Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended?” asks the old hymn. In other words, “what have you done wrong?” To deserve such a cruel sentence as this? I’ll tell you. First, you have this way of turning up. As an inconvenient pregnancy. As a threat to political...
Palm Sunday (A Poem and a Prelude)

Palm Sunday (A Poem and a Prelude)

The Poem:   “PALM SUNDAY” The plod of a donkey’s foot clip-clops up dusty cobbled streets, always up. Past the withering fig tree in the court, past the well. Past the flutter and protest of pigeons and barking dogs, the slow ascent progresses. And...