Celebrating Easter Joy in These Challenging Times
We may be saddened by the news that we will be celebrating Holy Week at home and we will continue to be away from our community. Here are some ways to hopefully bring the beauty of Holy Week into your home as we wait to be together again!
Bring Palm Sunday into your home by putting fresh greenery on your door! Click HERE for more information and Click on the YouTube video >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Holy Thursday:
Consider washing a family member's feet or hands decorate your table for the feast - go all out its the Institution of the First Eucharist!
After the meal - Strip your house of decorations, pictures, throw blankets, and pillows leaving your domestic church bare just as our churches are stripped for Good Friday
Good Friday:
Stream a Good Friday Service www.archindy.org for services
Take some time for silence - Jesus was hanging on the cross until 3pm - honor this time!
Venerate the Crucifix
Holy Saturday: Continue to leave your house bare in solemn observance of Jesus's death
Saturday Evening/Day: Prepare for Easter celebrations: Clean, Cook, get decorations ready to go Easter Sunday!!
Bring all the color and decorations back into the house!
Make an alter where you are watching mass and decorate it with candles and flowers ( My family will be decorating the TV stand where we stream mass with candles and flowers and holy pictures)
Decorate your kitchen table/dining room table with a table cloth, candles!
Fill your house with flowers!
Have a special meal
Dress up in your Easter best while watching Easter mass
Make an ALLELUIA banner and hang for all to see on your front door or in a window or your bedroom door.
Play and be JOYFUL for the LORD is risen and He has conquered the grave, remember in ALL things -
our LORD JESUS CHRIST is VICTORIOUS!