{"id":25661,"date":"2020-04-08T07:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T06:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/?p=25661"},"modified":"2020-04-06T10:51:48","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T09:51:48","slug":"holy-week-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/StNinians\/holy-week-wednesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Week – Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Normally in a parish this is a useful day as we are about to celebrate the Sacred Triduum.\u00a0 Busy days ahead.\u00a0 People to see.\u00a0 Arrangements to be made.\u00a0 Plenty to do.\u00a0 But now\u2026nothing.\u00a0 For priests, the days to come will be strange as they celebrate the three holy days in an empty church with no congregation, no servers and no readers or extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion.\u00a0 \u00a0Memories, perhaps, of hectic times that were so tiring and, at the same time, so rewarding. Did Mary feel empty and raw as it dawned on her that Jesus was about to fulfil His Task but only after torturous suffering?\u00a0 Did she ponder what those final moments would be like and would hold in store for her?\u00a0 What were her thoughts as she realised she would soon hold her dead son in her arms, picking the thorns from His head, cuddling the Body as if to warm it back into life?\u00a0 Did the Apostles avoid looking at one another as they possibly considered their abandonment\u2026their hiding away as their Master died without their loving company?\u00a0 Did Longinus, the spear-bearer, imagine that his life was about to change and give him his place in history?\u00a0 Did the soldiers realise that they would soon be shamed as they held the pieces of the Saviour\u2019s clothes in their hands?\u00a0 Would the people in the towns and villages, be astounded if they had known that soon they would shout, \u201cCrucify Him?\u201d\u00a0 What would Barabas have thought as he was unexpectedly given his life and freedom?\u00a0 Would Pilate and his wife know that they were about to say words that would be recorded in the history of the world?\u00a0 Will Jesus shirk away or bear the signs of his Passion for all eternity?\u00a0 The Master is about to die.\u00a0 All I have are my thoughts.<\/p>\n

Let us Pray:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Loving Father, in your great love answer us, and bring to every restless, fearful and anxious heart<\/p>\n

a lasting and courageous peace.<\/p>\n

Through Christ our Lord.<\/p>\n

Amen.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wednesday: Normally in a parish this is a useful day as we are about to celebrate the Sacred Triduum.\u00a0 Busy days ahead.\u00a0 People to see.\u00a0 Arrangements to be made.\u00a0 Plenty to do.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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