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We Need to Linger, a Call to Worship
Before we get to Easter, we need to linger:
in the vulnerability of the basin and the towel
at the remembrance and promise of the table
in the struggle and betrayal of the garden
in the shadows and shouts of injustice
at the bloody brutal beautiful cross
in the silence of linen and spices and death
For without these, the empty tomb is empty
We Need to Linger © 2000 Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia, www.revlisad.com
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Palm Sunday
Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey, greeted like a king with shouts of “Hosanna!”
Maundy Thursday
“A new commandment I give unto you…” Jesus shares a last meal with his disciples
Good Friday
The first of two events that will change human history. Part 1: Death on a Cross
Holy Saturday
“The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep.”
Epiphanius of Cyprus
Easter
Jesus returns to life and a new community is birthed. Part II: Resurrection and New Life
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