Good Friday, Between Noon and Three, in the Heart of Our Home
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Jesus was captured and taken to Pontius Pilate. There, since it was Passover, Pontius Pilate was going to release one of the prisoners. He asked the crowd "Whom shall I release?" The crowd answered "Barrabas!" Then Pontius Pilate said "What shall I do with Jesus?" The crowd answered "Crucify Him!"
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Jesus was beaten until He bled. And He was given a crown of thorns.
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Jesus was given a heavy cross to carry.
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He carried His very heavy cross up a steep hill.
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He was crucified.
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The Seven Last Words:
1 "Father, forgive them;they do not know what they are doing" (Lk 23:34)
2 "I assure you: this day
you will be with Me in paradise" (Lk 23:43)
3 "Woman, there is your
Son" (Jn 19:26)
4 "My God, My God, why
have You forsaken Me?" (Mt 27:46
5 "I am thirsty"
(Jn 19:30)
6 "Now it is finished"
(Jn 19:30)
7 "Father, into Your
hands I commend My spirit" (Lk 23:46)
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Jesus died.
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He was taken down from the cross and He was wrapped in linen.
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And was placed in a tomb.
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With a stone rolled across it.
And now we wait.
[Note (because I don't want to forget): Karoline keeps trying to put Mary's figure into the tomb. She insists, "She wants to be with her Jesus!"]
Holy Thursday notes
/Someone wrote and asked about Seder dinners. Our favorite Seders have been with our friends, the Rice family. Fortunately, for all of us, Barbara blogged it last year with glorious pictures.
I like the script at Domestic Church.com (click on Fridge Art and look under "Lent and Easter" and then "Family".
Mary Kay wrote and asked about a post on washing of feet at home. I remember writing about it years ago, but I've searched herald column archives and blog archives here and I can't find it. Anybody else have a suggestion for her on instituting the tradition of washing family members' feet.
Comments open for links.
Here's a link from Jenn--and I have linked to this post in the past, so maybe that's what Mary Kay remembers?
She said "Yes!"
/And so we celebrate the Solemnity of the Annunciation
Angel Food Cake
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the First Fresh Blueberries of the Season
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Pure, White Whipped Cream
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Chilled Sparkling Red Zinger Tea
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- In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,
- to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin's name was Mary.
- And coming to her, he said, "Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you."
- But she was greatly troubled at what was said and pondered what sort of greeting this might be.
- Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
- Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus.
- He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,
- and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end."
- But Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?"
- And the angel said to her in reply, "The holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God.
- And behold, Elizabeth, your relative, has also conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren;
- for nothing will be impossible for God."
- Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word." Then the angel departed from her.
