tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928508826592241080.post3953471759123380990..comments2023-10-01T05:51:54.101-04:00Comments on Wake up and LIVE: Welcome to Jerusalem! And Now, Let's Kill Him!SCGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162762233972733978noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928508826592241080.post-58210162623149592102012-04-03T05:32:49.464-04:002012-04-03T05:32:49.464-04:00"Tradition" We are like Tevi who couldn&..."Tradition" We are like Tevi who couldn't let go of tradition...in days of yore when simple things like feeding ourselves, clothing ourselves, lighting the darkness of night in the world we lived in so we could see, and traveling the distance to join with others in a faith community to share the passion, the crucifixion, etc. etc. and when clergy traveled from community to community to lead worship...in days of yore combining the Jerusalem celebration and the passion seemed like a prudent way to be sure the body was able to experience it all and prepare for Easter. Some parts of tradition need a bit of adjustment for more modern and relevant means of experiencing Holy Week. While we bothered to include the liturgies for Maundy Thursday, for Good Friday and even returned to the Easter Vigil...often those in worship leadership fail to share the poignancy, the depth of meaning that participation of the congregation can experience in those opportunities. Educating the church, recognizing that educating ourselves is an ongoing process is often rampant..besides...such things require "change" and change is to be resisted...isn't it? And ironically enough, experiencing those added Holy Week moments might bring about change in us we hadn't expected...wanted...believed we needed. Ahh the Paradox of the Paradox as John Martin says.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928508826592241080.post-63478476697249945422012-04-02T21:40:20.209-04:002012-04-02T21:40:20.209-04:00Phoebe: Great song! Glad Peggins knows it, too.
...Phoebe: Great song! Glad Peggins knows it, too.<br /><br />Anonymous (the Snail): Welcome to the struggle! You, me and Jesus walking together!<br /><br />Mimi: I s'pose whenever we can get past the Anglican Covenant and stop obsessing over who's doing what with whom in the bedroom, we can start a movement to get the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music to PLEASE separate Palm Sunday and the Passion gospel! It is really, really bad to make us crucify Jesus and lay him in the tomb for the WHOLE WEEK!SCGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162762233972733978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928508826592241080.post-41131219971581471262012-04-02T17:38:05.216-04:002012-04-02T17:38:05.216-04:00This is the week for sure when the pain is palpabl...This is the week for sure when the pain is palpable. I heard and felt, in this mornings readings, the anger, frustration and angsst of God's son as he moved toward the cross. Regardless of the gentleness, regardless of the great strength shown in turning the other cheek, holding one's tongue...clearly Jesus knew in those days the pain, the sorrow to deep for words, the anger and the angst. Money changers, fig trees, whatever was in his path was not immune to experiencing some of that. All covered up with the chocolate coating and the truffle filling..methinks the reality is the emptiness...the sense of total aloneness is more thabn he can keep to himself and every thing is his path is up for receiving some of that. <br />Yes, Susan, this is definitely the week to struggle with it all. Just know you are not alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928508826592241080.post-49460855893001628662012-04-02T13:52:47.446-04:002012-04-02T13:52:47.446-04:00Susan, I don't like the fast-forward, either. ...Susan, I don't like the fast-forward, either. Not at all. It's quite jarring.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928508826592241080.post-42956002759661489552012-04-02T12:33:28.331-04:002012-04-02T12:33:28.331-04:00Phoebe, remember that hymn and I love it.
Peggin...Phoebe, remember that hymn and I love it.<br /><br />PegginsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928508826592241080.post-46676630494181446912012-04-02T10:01:36.892-04:002012-04-02T10:01:36.892-04:00A Holy Week hymn I grew up with but hear no longer...A Holy Week hymn I grew up with but hear no longer except in my mind...<br /><br />Go to dark Gethsemane,<br />Ye that feel the tempter's power,<br />Your Redeemer's conflict see,<br />Watch with him one bitter hour;<br />Turn not from his griefs away<br />Learn of Jesus Christ to pray.<br /><br />Follow to the judgement-hall<br />View the Lord of life arraigned;<br />O the wormwood and the gall!<br />O the pangs his soul sustained!<br />Shun not suffering, shame, or loss<br />Learn of him to bear the cross.<br /><br />Calvary's mournful mountain climb;<br />There adoring at his feet,<br />Mark the miracle of time,<br />---God's own Sacrifice complete;<br />'It is finished,' hear him cry;<br />Learn of Jesus Christ to die.<br /><br />(James Montgomery 1820)Phoebe McFarlinnoreply@blogger.com