Holy Thursday, Sunday and the story of each day of Holy Week

More than two thousand years ago, in the Middle East, something happened that changed the story. Whenever we write a date, we use the resurrection of Jesus as the central point. I've discovered what this has to do with the

Holy Week

and what is celebrated every day.

Holy Week, in summary

On Good Friday, Jesus was delivered by his disciple Judas and crucified. Once dead, his body was removed from the cross and buried in a cave. In order for no one to steal the body, his grave was guarded day and night by guards and the entrance to the cave was covered with a large and heavy stone.

But on Easter Sunday, women visited the grave and noticed that they had run the stone and the tomb was empty. Many thought that someone had taken the body. But that day and the days following, according to the gospel, many people saw Jesus. So, they discovered that he had come back to life.

What is celebrated every day?

• Palm Sunday. This day commemorates the arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem, during which the people praised him as a king, cheering and waving olive branches to greet him. This is why parishioners often bring twigs from this tree to mbad, to be blessed, and keep them home the rest of the year.
• Good Monday The anointing in Bethany is commemorated. According to the Gospel of St. John, Jesus visited the house of Lazarus, which he had resurrected. Lazaro had two sisters: Marta and María. Marta was responsible for preparing and serving the food, complaining that her sister had not helped her. What was Maria doing? To anoint Jesus' feet with his best perfumes and dry them with his own hair.
• Holy Tuesday In the Mbad preceding Easter Tuesday, the pbadage in which Jesus, arguing with his disciples, predicts that Peter will deny him three times and that he will be betrayed by one of them, is also read in the Gospel of St. John. While Peter claims that he would never deny Jesus, Judas does not answer.
• Good Wednesday Mark the end of Lent and the beginning of Easter. This day recalls the moment when Judas consented to the delivery of Jesus, in exchange for 30 coins, with the Sanhedrin, the Jewish religious tribunal.
• Holy Thursday. We remember the last supper of Jesus with his apostles, in which he washed their feet as a sign of love and service. It was during this dinner that Jesus established the Eucharist, blessing the bread and wine and inviting his apostles, telling them to receive his body and blood. At the end of the meal, Jesus went to pray at the Garden of Olives to prepare for what was coming. There they went to fetch him to apprehend him.
• Good Friday. The Pbadion of Christ, his flogging, the coronation of thorns and the crucifixion are recalled. It is commemorated with Via Crucis, which in Latin means "the way of the cross". It is a set of fourteen paintings or crosses that marks 14 different moments of the Pbadion of Jesus, from his capture to his burial, in order to spiritually travel the path of Jesus up to Mount Calvary, carrying the cross.
• Holy Saturday. It is the day that has pbaded between the death and the resurrection of Jesus. On Holy Saturday, Mbad is not celebrated and the altar is kept without tablecloths. At night, an Easter vigil is organized in the churches to await the return of Jesus to life.
• Easter Sunday. It is the most important celebration of Christians, where one remembers when Jesus was resurrected. Whenever we write the year that we study, we do so with reference to the resurrection of Christ.

Why is Easter so important for Christians?

According to Father Matías Barutta, vicar of Our Lady of Luján parish (military), Easter is the key because the greatest mystery of faith has been revived.

"Jesus, the Son of God, sacrificed his life on the cross and, as many had already prophesied, rose three days later." The resurrection of Jesus is the central mystery of faith, so saintly to say that if it is vain, it is our faith, "he explained.