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why do we observe holy week?

in my attempt to understand this observance more (i was born to it so i never questioned it), i came across this:

For Catholics, as well as many other Christians, the celebration of Easter isn’t an isolated event that happens on one Sunday each spring. Every Sunday is, in fact, an Easter for us, a celebration of Christ’s resurrection from the dead. But the observance of Easter itself is the culmination of a whole week of significant religious observance and spiritual renewal.


The entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week.

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At some time during Holy Week, often on Tuesday or Wednesday, most dioceses will celebrate the Chrism Mass. At this celebration—usually at the diocesan cathedral—the bishop will bless and distribute the three holy oils used at churches throughout the year: The oil used to anoint the sick, and the oil of Catechumens and Sacred Chrism used when new members are initiated into the church.


Holy oils carried on the altar for the blessing of Pope Francis who celebrated the Chrism Mass at the Basilica of St. Peter.

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Good Friday is the day for observance of the Lord’s Passion. This liturgy—which is not a mass—consists of reading the Gospel account of Christ’s trial, suffering and death, as well as the veneration of the cross, an opportunity to prayerfully approach the cross and place there all our repentance, our sorrows, and our hopes.



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more about holy week:



Holy Week Definition and Summary

Holy Week includes the final week of Lent and part of the Paschal Triduum. Holy Week runs from Palm Sunday through Holy Saturday, and includes Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. It falls in late March, or April. In 2013, Holy Week runs from March 24 - March 30.

(For Holy Week dates every year up to 2050, here's the link: http://www.churchyear.net/movablefeasts.html)

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Introduction

Holy Week is the last week of Lent before Easter, beginning on Palm Sunday and ending on Holy Saturday. In an older nomenclature, Holy Week is the second Sunday of Passiontide (Passiontide begins on the fifth Sunday of Lent). Holy Week is the part of the Church Year where Jesus' final moments are commemorated. The final three days of Holy week are part of the Paschal Triduum.

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Spy Wednesday

This is an old and uncommon name for the Wednesday of Holy Week, which commemorates Judas' agreement to betray Jesus (see Matthew 26:3-5, 14-16).

(the more common term must simply be holy wednesday.)

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Good Friday of the Lord's Passion

A Fast day of the Church commemorating Jesus' crucifixion and death. Worship customs include Veneration of the Cross, communion from the reserved Maundy Thursday host, and the singing or preaching of the Passion (reading or singing excerpts of the Passion story from John's gospel). In the Catholic Church, the liturgical color was formerly black, but is now red.

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History

Holy Week, i.e. the series of pre-Easter festivities commemorating various events of the final days of Christ's life, probably developed in 4th century Jerusalem, possibly beginning with St. Cyril of Jerusalem. Christians from all over the world would take pilgrimages to the Holy Land, and the Church of Jerusalem provided rites and worship dedicated to reenacting the final events of Christ's life. The first account we have of such rites is the diary of the pilgrimage of Egeria to Jerusalem around AD 381. Gradually many of these customs and holy days spread to the wider Christian world.

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Mao ni lami/maayo nga catechism (snippets) nga ihatag padung Holy Week... para jud ma remind ang mga tawo unsa ka anindot ning mga kasaulogan sa atong pagtoo. I will save this for future reference... dia raman diay ni. Kapoy baja maghimog imo-imo kada tuig hehehehe

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