What happened on each day of Holy Week? This week, we’ll be looking at the biblical events that took place during the week leading up to Jesus’ crucifixion on Good Friday. We’ll base this discussion on our Holy Week Timeline, which you’re welcome to download, print, and share with...
“Joyful acclamations at Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem, followed by his humiliation. Festive cries, followed by brutal torture. This twofold mystery accompanies our entrance into Holy Week each year.” - Pope FrancisWhat happened on Palm Sunday? The Gospel of St. Matthew gives us this account...
2Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb 3and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?” 4But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolle...
What Is Holy Saturday? Holy Saturday is the day when Jesus’ body laid in a tomb. Holy Saturday is the time period between Good Friday—Jesus' crucifixion—and Easter Sunday—the resurrection of Jesus. The Gospels all mention what happened during Holy Week, beginning with Palm Sunday and with...
Below is a PDF with New Testament readings and a summary of what happened each day of Jesus’ last week, our traditions, and Latter-day Saint bible videos you can watch. We’ve also listened to St. Matthew’s Passion and Rob Gardner’s Lamb of God musical portrayal. And if you have...
I do not understand all the ramifications of what happened on that day, but the Lord told me that the future course of mankind was changed forever on that day. I was also told that the “century” clock of time given to satan to destroy the entire world finally winded down and ran ...
More Holy Week Resources My printable book,Holy Week In Handprints, goes through each day in Holy Week. Your child illustrates the whole book with handprint pictures. The download comes with step by step instructions on creating each illustration. ...
is regarded as both later than the other three gospels and as less dependent on them for the narrative of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection. However, in the case of the eight events of Passion Week under consideration here, each event is narrated in some way in each of the four ...
“If we’re going to look at this narrow frame of what happened on Oct. 7 and subsequently, we can become very discouraged,” he said. “We have the ability to step back and see it in the context of a long history ... being misunderstood, being attacked, being hat...
During that week in Jerusalem, Jesus and his disciples spent the nights with friends in Bethany, two miles outside of the city. Each morning, they would walk into Jerusalem. On that Monday morning, just four days prior to his crucifixion, Jesus became hungry on the walk in. Seeing a leaf...