Lent is a time

to prepare

for Easter – it

represents

the 40 days

and nights when

Jesus was tempted

in the desert.

During this time he didn’t

eat or drink

anything and the

Lenten tradition

of abstinence is

continued today by

many who choose

to give up something

specific such as

chocolate or alcohol.

40 days and 40 nights

Jesus, tempted in the desert,

lonely, hungry, filled with dread:

‘Use your power’, the tempter tells him;

‘turn these barren rocks to bread!’

‘Not alone by bread’, he answers,

‘can the human heart be filled.

Only by the Word that calls us

is our deepest hunger stilled!’

Herman G Stuempfle (1923-2007)

© 1993, GIA Publications, Inc. Used with permission

Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and

was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days

he was tempted by the devil. Luke 4:1-2a (NRSV)

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Shrove Tuesday

The first day of Lent is called Ash

Wednesday - the name comes from

the tradition of putting a small cross

of ash on people’s forehead at church

services.

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Lent always starts on a

Wednesday, so people

went to confession

on the day before.

The old middle

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‘Shriven’ meaning

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last chance to indulge

yourself and to use up

the foods that were not

allowed during Lent so

pancakes became a

tradition – using sugar,

fat and

eggs.

Ride on, ride on in majesty!

Holy Week commemorates the last week of the earthly life of

Jesus before his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection

on Easter Sunday. It begins with Palm Sunday which celebrates

Jesus’ triumphal arrival in Jerusalem for the Jewish festival of

Passover.

Ride on, ride on in majesty!

Hark, all the tribes ‘Hosanna!’ cry;

your humble beast pursues its road

with palms and scattered garments strowed

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Welcome him into your life

Then they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks

on it; and he sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks on

the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut

in the fields. Mark 11:7-8 (NRSV)

So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet

him, shouting, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the

name of the Lord - the King of Israel!’ John 12:13 (NRSV)

Make way, make way, for Christ the King

In splendour arrives.

Fling wide the gates and welcome Him

Into your lives.

Graham Kendrick

Copyright © 1986 Thankyou Music

tym@kingsway.co.uk Used by permission

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The Last Supper

Then he took a loaf of

bread, and when he had

given thanks, he broke it

and gave it to them,

saying, ‘This is my body,

which is given for you.

Do this in remembrance of

me.’ And he did the same

with the cup after supper,

saying, ‘This cup that is

poured out for you is the

new covenant in my blood.

Luke 22:19-20 (NRSV)

Thursday of Holy Week is known as

Maundy Thursday. On that day, Jesus had

his last meal with his friends and followers

– this meal is known as ‘The Last Supper’.

Jesus and his friends would have followed the Jewish

Passover custom of eating roast lamb and bread and

drinking red wine.

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take this and remember

Christ the lord.

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There in the garden of tears

Then Jesus

went with

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Gethsemane;

and he said to

his disciples,

‘Sit here while

I go over there

and pray.’

Matthew 26:36

(NRSV)

There in the garden of tears,

My heavy load He chose to bear;

His heart with sorrow was torn,

‘Yet not My will but Yours,’ He said.

Graham Kendrick

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Suddenly a crowd came…

Then the soldiers of the

governor took Jesus...they

stripped him and put a

scarlet robe on him, and

after twisting some thorns

into a crown, they put it on

his head... Then they led

him away to crucify him.

Matthew 27:27a,

28-29a,31b (NRSV)

While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd came... then

they seized him and led him away, bringing him into the high

priest’s house. Luke 22:47a,54a (NRSV)

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My Lord, my Love is crucified

It was nine o’clock in the morning when they crucified him.

And with him they crucified two bandits, one on his right and

one on his left.

Matthew 15: 25,27 (NRSV)

O look on him, as you pass by;

the wounded Prince of life and peace!

Come, sinners, see your Maker die,

and say, was ever grief like his?

Come, feel with me his blood applied;

my Lord, my Love is crucified.

Charles Wesley (1707-1788)

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Joseph of Arimathea... asked for the body of Jesus. Then

Joseph bought a linen cloth, and taking down the body,

wrapped it in the linen cloth, and laid it in a tomb that had

been hewn out of the rock. He then rolled a stone against the

door of the tomb. Mark 15:43,46 (NRSV)

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They did not find the body

Angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away,

kept the folded grave clothes where thy body lay.

Thine be the glory, risen conquering Son:

Endless is the victory, thou o’er death hast won.

Edmund L Budry (1854-1932)

But on the first day of the week, at

early dawn, they came to the tomb,

taking the spices that they had

prepared. They found the stone rolled

away from the tomb, but when they

went in, they did not find the body.

Luke 24:1-3 (NRSV)

And he departed from our sight that

we might return to our heart, and

there find Him. For He departed, and

behold, He is here.

St Augustine (354-430)

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What shall I give you, Lord, in return for all Your kindness?

Glory to You for Your love.

Glory to You for Your mercy.

Glory to You for Your patience.

Glory to You for forgiving us all our sins.

Glory to You for coming to save our souls.

Glory to You for Your incarnation in the virgin’s womb.

Glory to You for Your bonds.

Glory to You for receiving the cut of the lash.

Glory to You for accepting mockery.

Glory to You for Your crucifixion.

Glory to You for Your burial.

Glory to You for Your resurrection.

Glory to You who were preached to men and women.

Glory to You in whom they believed.

Glory to You who were taken up into heaven.

Glory to You who sit in great glory at the

Father’s right hand.

Glory to You whose will it is that the sinner

should be saved through Your great mercy

and compassion. Ephraem of Syria (ca. 306-373)

Alleluia! Christ is risen

...On the third day he rose again, he ascended into heaven,

he is seated at the right hand of the Father... The Apostles’ Creed

The great gift of Easter is hope

“The great gift of Easter is hope

– Christian hope which makes

us have that confidence in God,

in his ultimate triumph, and in

his goodness and love, which

nothing can shake.”

Basil C. Hume (1923-99)

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