22 APRIL 6, 2017 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM EASTER & PASSOVER Your guide to Holy Week BY GINA CONTEH KIWANIS CLUB OF GLENDALE Joseph Aiello, President 718-386-8859 To our members, and the community in general, a full measure of the best things in life for now and always. Happy Easter & A Blessed Spring Season New Members Always Welcome One of the most important periods of the Christian year, “Holy Week,” begins on Sunday, April 9, with the celebration of Palm Sunday. Holy Week refers to the last week of Lent leading up to Easter, or Resurrection Sunday. During Holy Week, Christians remember Jesus’ last days during Passover. Palm Sunday, or Passion Sunday, honors Jesus Christ’s triumphant entrance into the city of Jerusalem to celebrate Passover. In the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, Jesus rides into the city on a donkey as people spread their cloaks and palm branches on the street proclaiming Jesus as the Messiah. During Palm Sunday, observers solemnly enter the church with blessed palm leaves. Mass and services usually include a reading of the Gospel account of Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem. Aft er Palm Sunday, the Triduum, or the last three days, of the Lenten season commence. These days leading up to Easter consist of observations honoring Jesus Christ’s last days on Earth. Holy Thursday, also known as Maundy Thursday, commemorates the last meal among Jesus and his disciples. On this day, Jesus shared a meal with his followers before being betrayed by one, Judas, and arrested in the garden at Gethsemane. During this meal, Jesus introduced the Eucharist or communion to his disciples. He gave them bread to symbolize his body and wine to symbolize his blood. When Jesus and his disciples fi nished their meal, He introduced the “new commandment.” He instructed them to love one another just as Jesus loved them. Most Christian congregations celebrate Holy Thursday by focusing on the meal that Jesus shared with the men who followed him. This is observed by the sharing of the Eucharist. On Good Friday, the Christians refl ect on Jesus’ arrest, trial, crucifi xion and suff ering, death and burial. This day consists of fasting and Holy Week at TRINITY-ST. ANDREW’S LUTHERAN CHURCH of Maspeth PALM SUNDAY Holy Eucharist 1030am HOLY WEEK Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday Service @ 9 am MAUNDY THURSDAY Holy Eucharist @ 6pm GOOD FRIDAY Solemn Liturgy Resurrection of the Lord @ 3pm Stations of the Cross @6pm EASTER SUNDAY Easter Eucharist @ 10 am Blessing of Paschal Candle Renewal of Baptismal Vows and Special Music 60th Street & 60th Avenue 718-821-6662 services that include Scripture readings, a short homily, meditation and prayer to understand Jesus’ pain and suff ering. Many congregations also include the Stations of the Cross. Each scene, using either a picture or a reenactment, show Jesus’ betrayal, arrest, trial and death as worshippers sing and pray. Holy Saturday is a day between Jesus’ crucifi xion and his resurrection. Being a Sabbath day, Jesus’ disciples hurried to bury him and planned to give him a proper burial on Sunday. Most Christians observe this day with scripture readings and a refl ection of the darkness of the world without God and His grace. On Easter, congregations celebrate Jesus’ resurrection. Easter, like Passover, is a movable feast and falls on the fi rst Sunday aft er the fi rst full moon aft er the s pring equinox. In most denominations, the Easter Vigil includes the Service of Light, the Liturgy of the Word, the Liturgy of Baptism and the Eucharist. In each part of the Mass or service, a candle is lighted and blessed; scriptures from the New and Old Testament are read; members of the congregation are baptized or confi rmed; and the Sacrament of Thanksgiving or the Eucharist is taken.
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