REFLECTIONS FOR HOLY WEEK
After the Lentiest Lent we’ve ever Lented,
after lockdown,
after losing so much we didn’t know we could lose,
at last, we’re moving on, making plans, mustering our energies for emerging into the world again.
But first - first, there’s Holy Week and Easter. And maybe this year, it’s not easy to mark the days as we might want. We can’t meet in groups, we can’t have a foot washing or a seder meal, a 3 hour meditation about the Cross in church, an overnight vigil, or however we might usually mark these special days in our own faith communities.
What we CAN do is spend time with the Lord in ways perhaps we’ve not done before. I’ve put together a special reflection time for you to use either by yourself or with a friend or family member, to think about the three special days of Holy Week.
Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Saturday. An hour for each.
You might spend an hour each day using the relevant materials.
Or you might take 3 hours, perhaps on Good Friday during the hours on the Cross (12-3) or late Saturday night, and do all three sections together.
Whichever you do, you’ll have access to the recordings of the led sessions, to a downloadable journal, to other resources, so that you can use them at a time that works for you.
The led sessions will include reflections and readings, contemplative prayer, times of quiet, ideas for your own prayers and thoughts. You’ll have forever access to the materials.
To register, click here. The price is the usual £20.
What others have said after the Advent and Lent retreats:
Such a good idea during covid and this and the Advent online resources you put together are HUGELY appreciated, thank you 😊 - JoI want to thank you for Saturday morning. It feels as though words aren't going to be sufficient, that time and space transcended words as only time with God truly can. But you put the event together, led us through the morning and took us all together to receive from Christ. It was a truly wonderful morning, thank you, thank you. I sat in my drawing room on a very comfy sofa, the sounds of outside disappeared, the light was tranquil and the space was stilled. As with the August course you took each of us together but individually to sit with Christ, to receive His comfort and encouragements and just bathe in His presence. It was so very special. - Isobel
Thank you Penelope. I was wondering how I would cope with three hours of zoom but the time has gone too quickly and so peacefully and prayerfully a truly beautiful time with the Lord. Thank you so much. - Fran
Thank you so much for the Lent retreat on Saturday. It was a real gift (and so are you), and a gift that keeps on giving as I reflect on the resources section. Rev C.H.
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