The End and the Beginning
Daily Devotions for Holy Week by Mary Earle

Palm Sunday
Today in Jerusalem,
and all around the world, many Christians observe Palm Sunday, the day
that
commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into that holy city.
Holy Monday
The gospel lesson
appointed for Holy Monday takes us to the household
of Mary, Martha and Lazarus.
Holy Tuesday
Jesus says, “I have come as light into the world.”
Holy Wednesday
In December of
2005, my older son Bryan died at age 31 of brain cancer.
In his time of living
with the cancer, I had a glimpse of the kind of
love that Jesus is speaking of
on this Holy Wednesday.
Maundy Thursday
Then Jesus
poured water into a basin and began to wash the
disciples’ feet and to wipe them
with the towel that was tied around
him.
—John 13:5
Good Friday
A day of great
solemnity, Good Friday calls us to do what the disciples
could not. Good Friday
calls us to join Mary Magdalene and Mary the
mother of Jesus and John at the
foot of the cross.
Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday is
sometimes called the Great Sabbath, referring to Jesus
being asleep in death,
resting before being raised.
Easter Sunday
When they
looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large,
had already been
rolled back.
—Mark 16:4