Holy Week Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/holy-week/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:19:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Holy Week Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/holy-week/ 32 32 170042892 Waiting for hope https://anglicanjournal.com/waiting-for-hope/ https://anglicanjournal.com/waiting-for-hope/#respond Sun, 12 Apr 2020 07:37:45 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=163261 As a young person in the church, I was taught that the first words to be spoken on Easter morning—and to everyone you met that day—were: “ALLELUIA, CHRIST IS RISEN!” and, in response, “THE LORD IS RISEN INDEED, ALLELUIA!”

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/waiting-for-hope/feed/ 0 163261 Resurrection comes to Fort McMurray https://anglicanjournal.com/resurrection-comes-to-fort-mcmurray/ https://anglicanjournal.com/resurrection-comes-to-fort-mcmurray/#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2020 22:48:20 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=163416 For almost four years, Fort McMurray has been recovering from the fire which, at the height of evacuation, forced more than 80,000 people to flee their homes. In the aftermath of the disaster, local churches played a vital role in helping the community rebuild.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/resurrection-comes-to-fort-mcmurray/feed/ 0 163416 ‘God’s total identification with the incarcerated’ https://anglicanjournal.com/gods-total-identification-with-the-incarcerated/ https://anglicanjournal.com/gods-total-identification-with-the-incarcerated/#respond Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:51:08 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=163692 Prison chaplain Leigh Kern on the large-scale human suffering unfolding for those confined during COVID-19—and what you can do about it From March 24 to April 2, detainees at the Laval Migrant Detention Centre took part in a hunger strike demanding their release, citing the threat posed to incarcerated groups by the COVID-19 pandemic. As […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/gods-total-identification-with-the-incarcerated/feed/ 0 163692 Maundy Thursday: Moving towards a new wilderness https://anglicanjournal.com/maundy-thursday-moving-towards-a-new-wilderness/ https://anglicanjournal.com/maundy-thursday-moving-towards-a-new-wilderness/#respond Thu, 09 Apr 2020 16:35:00 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=163660 I couldn’t get to sleep last Saturday night. Normally, falling asleep is not a problem for me. But with the upending of normal life these last weeks, the absence of routine, the loss of the “natural” physical exercise of going about one’s day—let’s face it, with the grief we are collectively feeling at this time—all […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/maundy-thursday-moving-towards-a-new-wilderness/feed/ 0 163660 Spring cleaning: Holy Wednesday’s transformative tradition https://anglicanjournal.com/spring-cleaning-holy-wednesdays-transformative-tradition/ https://anglicanjournal.com/spring-cleaning-holy-wednesdays-transformative-tradition/#respond Tue, 07 Apr 2020 20:55:32 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=163613 My mother would be shocked to hear this now, but I love tidying my house. Moving through the spaces in my home, banishing junk mail from the dining table, commanding those shoes in the hall to get in line and making neat stacks of sundries—such activities are the perfect antidote to work that has me […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/spring-cleaning-holy-wednesdays-transformative-tradition/feed/ 0 163613 Shall we postpone Easter? (Spoiler warning: No.) https://anglicanjournal.com/shall-we-postpone-easter-spoiler-warning-no/ https://anglicanjournal.com/shall-we-postpone-easter-spoiler-warning-no/#comments Mon, 06 Apr 2020 11:12:10 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=163559 Holy Week has always been an important touchstone for my faith and ministry. It is the week at the very centre of our faith story that shows the depth of God’s love for us, the human paths of rejection of that love and the extraordinary gift of God in Jesus Christ. Every year my faith […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/shall-we-postpone-easter-spoiler-warning-no/feed/ 3 163559 At Easter’s threshold: Standing between this world and the world to come https://anglicanjournal.com/at-easters-threshold/ https://anglicanjournal.com/at-easters-threshold/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2020 22:43:46 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=163541 Precious Lord, take my hand, lead me on, let me stand, I am tired, I am weak, I am worn; Through the storm, through the night, lead me on to the light, Take my hand, precious Lord, Lead me home.  (Composed in 1932 by Thomas Dorsey as he grieved the death of his wife and […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/at-easters-threshold/feed/ 0 163541 Palm Sunday reflection: I love to hear the story https://anglicanjournal.com/palm-sunday-reflection-i-love-to-hear-the-story/ https://anglicanjournal.com/palm-sunday-reflection-i-love-to-hear-the-story/#respond Sun, 05 Apr 2020 11:12:35 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=163514 Six months ago, while brainstorming inexpensive Christmas gifts for church friends, I planted a date palm. I actually tried to plant a few palm trees. Growing date palms from store-bought dates—in this case, dates from the Dartmouth, N.S., Bulk Barn—isn’t a foolproof process. First, of course, you have to eat the dates, and you need […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/palm-sunday-reflection-i-love-to-hear-the-story/feed/ 0 163514 ‘Living stones’ of Al Ahli Arab Hospital build a ministry of healing, witness in Gaza https://anglicanjournal.com/living-stones-of-al-ahli-arab-hospital-build-a-ministry-of-healing-witness-in-gaza/ https://anglicanjournal.com/living-stones-of-al-ahli-arab-hospital-build-a-ministry-of-healing-witness-in-gaza/#respond Tue, 10 Apr 2018 15:50:53 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=154935 Healing comes in many forms, and Al Ahli Arab Hospital’s medical ministry combines every day with Christian witness to provide the people of the Gaza Strip with an example of the love of Christ in action. That example is set in an area whose Christian population is dwindling. Suhaila Tarazi, the hospital’s director general, estimates […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/living-stones-of-al-ahli-arab-hospital-build-a-ministry-of-healing-witness-in-gaza/feed/ 0 154935 Holy Week ‘at the very heart of who we are as Christians’ https://anglicanjournal.com/holy-week-at-the-very-heart-of-who-we-are-as-christians/ https://anglicanjournal.com/holy-week-at-the-very-heart-of-who-we-are-as-christians/#respond Thu, 22 Mar 2018 16:55:32 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=154747 As the final week of Lent approaches, Christians around the world are preparing to celebrate Christ’s resurrection on Easter. Beginning Sunday, March 25, Holy Week marks the final days of Jesus’ life, from his entry into Jerusalem to the Last Supper, his trial, crucifixion and resurrection. Holy Week is “at the very heart of who […]

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