The true heart of the story is not only what God wants. But how we struggle to want what God wants. Then and now.
Every year I read a gospel narrative that forms the basis for Holy Week. Narratives that cover the time from Jesus’s entry in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday through the crucifixion and burial in a tomb.
And each day has something to say.
For people of faith, the events of Holy Week, particularly at the end, are emotionally troubling. But they lead to the exaltation of the resurrection and the joy of Easter.
Taken together, however, the events of Holy Week are also troubling for the person who has it all together. Or who wants the Jesus Event to be entirely spiritual and not demonstrable in our lives.
The hardest questions of Holy Week don’t revolve around what God is doing in it, but what we are.
Join me on a journey through Holy Week using the Gospel we call Luke.
Our Daily Readings
- Sunday: Luke 19:28-40 — Reflection
- Monday: Luke 19:41-48 — Reflection
- Tuesday: Luke 20 — Reflection
- Wednesday: Luke 21 — Reflection
- Thursday: Luke 22:1-23 — Reflection
- Friday: Luke 22:24-23:53 — Reflection
- Saturday: Luke 23:54-56 — Reflection
- Sunday: Luke 24:1-12 — Reflection
Other Reflections
I have also previously written meditations and reflections for other gospels. Here are meditations for Mark and the Holy Week at Home, our downloadable devotional for 2020.