Though he was harshly treated, he submitted and opened not his mouth/Al ser maltratado, se humilaba y ni siquiera abría su boca.—Isaiah/Isaias 53:7
As we head into Holy Week we more deeply internalize the reality of the cross. On Palm Sunday we will welcome Jesus with enthusiasm only to end the week on a very different tone. On Good Friday we will also see a stripped altar (and statues still covered) as we come to the church in the afternoon to “behold the wood of the Cross, on which hung the salvation of the world.” The reality of the cross is also front and center in these last lines of Gertrud von le Fort’s poem Passion:
Be He praised by the sorrow of sin and by the woe that
all things perish,
Be He praised also by the bitter anguish of death.
See, I strip my altars of all adornment, all their fine linen
must fade like the loveliness of flowering fields.
All the images on them must hide their faces.
I will take away my last consolation, I will remove the
Lord’s Body, that my soul may become deep night.
For the sorrow of the world has become blessed, because it
has been loved.
Behold the wood of the Cross on which hung the
Salvation of the world.
Showcasing SHA talent: Fiona in 6th shows Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
God Bless,
Mrs. Alhadef
4th grade Aide
Campus Minister