ENTERING INTO HOLY WEEK

An excerpt from thoughts by Bishop Erik Varden on entering into Holy Week.

WWNN [What We Need Now substack]: Sometimes Holy Week seems almost too rich in meaning, too overwhelming to properly appreciate. What’s the best thing to focus on as we observe it?

Bishop Varden: Isn’t the best thing to do not to make too many plans? Simply to walk through Holy Week step by step, as we do when we pray the Stations of the Cross, being intensely present before each. To pray while we walk, “Lord, open my eyes, my heart to what I need to see.” Then to be attentive.

Meanwhile, here’s my Holy Week reflection: Good Friday and the Thin Line Between Passion and Pathology.