All Glory Laud and Honor

"Sometimes they strew His way, and His sweet praises sing;

Resounding all the day hosannas to their King;

Then 'Crucify' is all their breath, and for His death they thirst and cry."

I hope you got to celebrate Palm Sunday at church this morning. Today marks the beginning of the most important week in the Church calendar. We go from processing into church singing 'All Glory Laud and Honor' to the celebration of the first Eucharist to the crucifixion. Today, most people get caught up in bunnies and Easter eggs, but the real symbolic animal we should be reflecting on this week is the Lamb. Yes, Easter Sunday is the most important day of the Church year. But it's impossible to understand the full joy of it without observing the critical elements of Holy Week. This week, I plan to post the collects for the individual days of Holy Week, and invite you to a blessed and reflective close to the Lenten season.

Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross, giving us the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share in his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.