ഓശാന ഞായർ -2022 ലൂക്ക 19, 28-40 കേരള സഭയിൽ പാരമ്പര്യമായി നടത്തപ്പെടുന്ന നാല്പതാം വെള്ളി ആചരണത്തിനുശേഷം, ഈശോയുടെ കഷ്ടാനുഭവ ആഴ്ചയിലേക്ക് പ്രവേശിക്കുന്നതിന്റെ ആമുഖമായി ഓശാനഞായർ നാമിന്ന് ആഘോഷിക്കുകയാണ്. നസ്രാണി പാരമ്പര്യത്തിലുള്ള കൊഴുക്കൊട്ട ശനിയാഴ്ച ഗൃഹാതുരത്വമുണർത്തുന്ന ഒരനുഭവമായിട്ടാണ് നാം ആചരിക്കുന്നത്. വിജയശ്രീലാളിതനായി കഴുതപ്പുറത്ത് ജറുസലേമിലേക്ക് പ്രവേശിക്കുന്നതിന് മുൻപ്, ഈശോ ബഥാനിയായിൽ ലാസറിന്റെ ഭവനം സന്ദർശിക്കുകയും മർത്തായും മറിയവും ഈശോയ്ക്ക് കൊഴുക്കൊട്ട കൊടുത്തു് സത്ക്കരിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തതിന്റെ ഓർമയാണ് കൊഴുക്കൊട്ട ശനിയാഴ്ച്ച. ഇന്നലെ നമ്മുടെയെല്ലാവരുടെയും കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ കൊഴുക്കൊട്ടയുണ്ടാക്കിയെന്ന് ഞാൻ വിശ്വസിക്കുകയാണ്. …

Before the celebration of Palm Sunday Mass, the priest will typically process in from the back of church to reenact Jesus’ procession into Jerusalem. According to Dom Prosper Gueranger in his Liturgical Year, when the priest approached the doors of the Church, he used to symbolically knock at the door with the cross. At the…

Don’t you just love Pinterest? Usually, my endeavors at making a spectacular table for Easter falls far short of the images you see in the first picture above. The ideas always look so creative and seem like they would be easy, but not so much in my kitchen. We are only a week away from…

Though I have linked many times to the wonders of the Living Psalms Project cultivated and nurtured by my own United Church of Christ, I was humbled and thrilled to offer my own words to this wonderful collaboration. It was also really exciting to have the one and only Maren Tirabassi edit my words. I’ve…

March 20 – Hosanna – Oh Save Us!  John 11:55-57, 12:1, 12-15 “And the Jews’ Passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves. 56 Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, […]…

April the 10th, 2022 is Palm Sunday This Sunday we observe and remember the entry of the Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem where He had come to die. This week was to be a terrible time of testing for the Jewish nation although they had no idea of the great significance of what was to…

Why is Palm Sunday significant? When we celebrate the Triumphal Entry, we are celebrating an occasion with great spiritual meaning. As we see Jesus ride into Jerusalem on a donkey and allow the people to praise Him as king, many things stand out. Here are three of the most significant things we should keep in…

And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose…

Throngs of people filled the streets of Deep Ellum and the patios of restaurants scattered along both Upper and Lower Greenville Avenue this past Saturday. The weather all weekend has been beautiful, sunny, and warm here in the suburbs of Big D. After working Saturday morning, I spent some time piddling in the yard this…

Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay Jesus brought me out by His lovedemonstrated at the Cross. He reached down and rescued mefrom the penalty of sin and death. He pulled me up, outfrom the deep, dark, andhorrifying pit, and set my feetupon a Rock. He has established my stepsfrom this day forward andforevermore —to keep me…

Great Books Guy ★ Sadistic, fanatical, controversial in the highest degree, The Passion of theChrist appeals to some of the more vulgar, base strands of thought in American society. It is a film made to exploit evangelicals as well as Catholic schismatic groups. It stands on par with other silly film franchises like the Left…

Originally posted on Prayers4reparation's Blog: Let us meditate on the Passion “In the opinion of Saint Bonaventure, meditation on the Passion is the first and most important of all devotions. And did not all the saints make the sorrows of Jesus Christ the constant object of their contemplations? Thus, to all souls who wished to…

Originally posted on Lillie-Put: HERE IS OUR DAILY DEVOTION. TODAY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE THREE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PASSION OF CHRIST. Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com