Kansas City Faith Blogger: Holy Week & Passover Connection ALMOST Explained

“A strong voice cannot compete with a clear voice, even if this is a simple murmur.”CONFUCIO“If you believe in the power of magicIts all a fantasySo if you need to believe in someoneJust pretend its meIt ain’t enough that we meet as strangersI cant set you freeSo will you turn your back forver on what you mean to me?”ALAN PARSONS PROJECTChristians celebrate Holy Week; the most important days in Jesus’ life and hence in their gray. Jews also cele…

Kansas City Faith Blogger: Holy Week & Passover Connection ALMOST Explained

Context that comes to mind first . . .Actually, a big component of the current fight betwixt MAGA vs. Harvard is about worsening antisemitism on the elite campus. And whilst that discussion is above our bloggy pay grade . . . What might be important this week is the deep local connection that many local Christian/Catholic communities feel with their Jewish neighbors in the Kansas City metro . . . Look back into KC history and notice it's a conne…

When we think of Holy Week, we must remember that its roots sink in the same biblical accounts. The Christian commemoration of Jesus’ Passion, Death and Resurrection is intimately linked to the Jewish Passover (known as Pésach). According to the Gospels, Jesus’ Last Supper with his disciples was a Jewish Passover dinner, and his crucifixion occurred precisely during that Hebrew feast. Stay because I will tell you very interesting things about th…