A Week of Grace

Monday’s Reflection

HOLY WEEK can be a hard week. Jesus moves toward inevitable crucifixion. Those around him allow rage and cowardice to consume them. Friday brings sadness beyond measure. . . .

Holy Week only works, however, if we put ourselves in the thick of it, which involves more than a grim determination to face the worst. It requires courage born of the knowledge that God’s sovereign grace surrounds this week and our lives within this week.

- Robbins Sims
The Upper Room Disciplines 2011

From “The Grace of a Hard but Holy Week,” reading for April 18 by Robbins Sims, in The Upper Room Disciplines 2011: A Book of Daily Devotions. Copyright & copy; 2010 by Upper Room Books. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Upper Room Books. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.

Today’s Question

Do you you come from a religious tradition that observes Holy Week? Share your reflections.

Today’s Scripture Reading

Psalm 36:5-11

This Week: pray for people to be open to hear the gospel message. Add your prayer to the Prayer Wall.
Tips for Your Spirit:
Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, the most important week of the church year. At the other end of Holy Week is Easter, the most important day of the church year. For Christians, this is the big event! Read about Holy Week — The Big Event: Holy Week.
Saints, Inc.:
This week we remember Anslem (April 21).
Lectionary Readings:

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