HOLY WEEK

Glimpses of the last hours of the life of Jesus ChristFor children (8+ years)

• The Anointing at Bethany (John 12:1-50)

• Jn 12,1 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

• 2 There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. 3 Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, 5 "Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?"

• 6 (He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.) 7 Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. 8 You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me."

The Plot against JesusMatthew 26:1 When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he said to his disciples, 2 "You know that after two days the

Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified." 3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 and they conspired to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. 5

But they said, "Not during the festival, or there may be a riot among the people."

Jesus entered Jerusalem• Mt 21,7 … they brought the

donkey and the colt, and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them. 8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 The crowds that went ahead of him and that followed were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!" 10 When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, "Who is this?" 11 The crowds were saying, "This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth in Galilee."

The cleansing of the temple• Mt 21,12 Then Jesus

entered the temple and drove out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. He said to them, "It is written,

• 'My house shall be called a house of prayer';

• but you are making it a den of robbers."

The washing of the disciples’ feet

Jn13, 1 Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who

were in the world, he loved them to the end.

Pedro no lo acepta

Jn 13,8 Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet." Jesus answered, "Unless I wash you, you have no share with me."

9 Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!"

The commandment of love• Jn 13,12 … After he had

washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? 13 You call me Teacher and Lord--and you are right, for that is what I am. 14 So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.

Jesus prophesied that one of them would betray Him.Mt 26,21 and while they

were eating, he said, "Truly I tell you, one of you

will betray me." 22 And they became

greatly distressed and began to say to him one

after another, "Surely not I, Lord?"

23 He answered, "The one who has dipped

his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. 24 The Son of Man goes

as it is written of him, but woe to that one by whom

the Son of Man is betrayed!

Jesus gave us the Eucharist

Mt 26,26 While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body." 27 Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you; 28 for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 29 I tell you, I will never again drink of this fruit of

the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom."

Jesus’ agony in the garden of GethsemaneMt 26,38 Then he said to

them, "I am deeply grieved, even to death; remain here,

and stay awake with me." 39 And going a little farther, he threw himself on the ground

and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from

me; yet not what I want but what you want."

40 Then he came to the disciples and found them

sleeping; and he said to Peter, "So, could you not stay awake

with me one hour? 41 Stay awake and pray that you may

not come into the time of trial; the spirit indeed is

willing, but the flesh is weak." he went away and prayed …, saying the same words. 45

Then he came to the disciples and said to them, "Are you

still sleeping and taking your rest? See, the hour is at hand,

Judas betrayed Jesus with a kiss Mt 26,49 ."At once he came up to Jesus and said, "Greetings, Rabbi!" and kissed him. 50 Jesus said to him, "Friend, do what you are here to do." Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and arrested him. 55 At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me as though I were a bandit? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you did not arrest me. 56 But all this has taken place, so that the scriptures of the prophets may be fulfilled." Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.

The high priest Annas questioned JesusBut Jesus was silent. Then the high priest said to him, "I put you under oath before the living God, tell us if you are the

Messiah, the Son of God." Jesus said to him, "You have said so. But I tell you, From now on you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven." Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, "He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? You have now heard his blasphemy. What is your verdict?" They answered, "He deserves death.“ Then they spat in his face and struck him; and some slapped him,

saying, "Prophesy to us, you Messiah! Who is it that struck you?" Mt 26,68

Jesus before the sanhedrin

Peter denied Christ• After a little while the

bystanders came up and said to Peter, "Certainly you are also one of them, for your accent betrays you."

• 74 Then he began to curse, and he swore an oath,

• "I do not know the man!" • At that moment the cock

crowed. 75 Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: "Before the cock crows, you will deny me three times." And he went out and wept bitterly. Mt 26,73

Pilate• Now Jesus stood before the

governor; and the governor asked him,

• "Are you the King of the Jews?“

• Jesus said, "You say so." But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he did not answer. Then Pilate said to him, "Do you not hear how many accusations they make against you?"

• But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed. Mt 27,11

Before Pilate Christ said He is King

Jn 18,33 Then Pilate entered the headquarters again, summoned Jesus, and asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" 34 Jesus answered, "Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?" 35 Pilate replied, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?" 36 Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed

over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here." 37 Pilate asked him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the

world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, "Have nothing to do with that

innocent man, for today I have suffered a great deal because of a dream about him.” Mt 27,19

• Mt 27,20 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.

• 21 The governor again said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" And they said, "Barabbas." 22 Pilate said to them,

• "Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Messiah?" All of them said,

• "Let him be crucified!“ 23 Then he asked, "Why, what evil has he done?"

• But they shouted all the more, • "Let him be crucified!" • 24 So when Pilate saw that he could do

nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took some water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this man's blood; see to it yourselves."

• 25 Then the people as a whole answered, "His blood be on us and on our children!"

Pilate released Barabbas instead of Jesus

So he released Barabbas

for them; and after

flogging Jesus, he handed him

over to be crucified. Mt 27,26

The soldiers mocked and abused Christ

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered

the whole cohort around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet

robe on him, and after twisting some thorns into a crown, they put it on his head.

They put a reed in his right hand and knelt before him

and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!“

They spat on him, and took the reed

and struck him on the head. Mt 27,27

Carrying the cross by himself, he went out to what is called

The Place of the Skull, which in

Hebrew is called Golgotha

Jn 19,17

Jesus met his mother on the way

As they went out, they came upon a man from Cyrene named Simon; they compelled this man to

carry his cross. Mt 27,32

Veronica wiped the face of Jesus

The women of Jerusalem wept for

Jesus

A great number of the people followed him, and among them were women who were beating their breasts and wailing for him. But Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me,

but weep for yourselves and for your children. For the days are surely coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.'

Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us'; and to the hills, 'Cover us.' For if they do this when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?“ Lk 23,27

Mt 27,33 And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), 34 they offered him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but when he tasted it, he would not drink it.

Jesus was stripped of his garments

And when they had crucified him, they divided his clothes among themselves by casting lots. Mt 27,35

Over his head they put the charge against him, which read, "This is Jesus, the King of the Jews." Mt 27,37

standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary

Magdalene. Jn 19,25

When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, "Woman, here is your son."

Then he said to the disciple, "Here is your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home. Jn 19,26

After this, when Jesus knew that all was now finished, he said (in order to fulfill the scripture), "I am thirsty." A jar full of sour wine was standing there. So they put a sponge full of the wine on a branch of hyssop and held it to his mouth. Jn

19,28

Those who passed by derided him,

shaking their heads and saying,

"You who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son

of God, come down from the cross."

Mt 27,39

"Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing." Lc 23,34

• Lk 23,39 One of the criminals who were hanged there kept deriding him and saying, "Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!"

• 40 But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed have been condemned justly, for we are getting what we deserve for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong." 42 Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." 43 He replied, "Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."

And about three o'clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God, my God,

why have you forsaken me?" Mt 27,46

When Jesus had

received the wine, he

said, "It is finished." Then he

bowed his head and

gave up his spirit. Jn19,30

Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commend my spirit."

Having said this, he breathed his last. Lc 23, 46

At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, and the rocks were

split. The tombs also were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised. Mt 27,51

Now when the centurion and those with him, who were keeping watch over Jesus,

saw the earthquake and what took place, they were terrified and

said, "Truly this man was God's Son!”

Mt 27,54

…But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already

dead, they did not break his legs. Instead, one of the soldiers

pierced his side with a spear, and at once blood and water

came out. Jn 19,33

• When it was evening, • there came a rich man from

Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus; then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock. He then rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and went away. Mt 27,57

Nicodemus, who had at first come to Jesus by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes,

weighing about a hundred pounds. They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it with the spices in linen cloths, according to

the burial custom of the Jews. Jn 19,39

the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said, "Sir, we remember what that impostor said while he was still alive, 'After three days I will rise again.

Therefore command the tomb to be made secure until the third day; otherwise his disciples may go and steal him away, and tell the people, 'He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception

would be worse than the first." Pilate said to them, "You have a guard of soldiers; go, make it as secure as you can."

So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone. Mt 27,62

This is not the end