Holy Week
For the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23a).
This week, in the history of salvation, is a most momentous week — that of an incredible parade into Jerusalem, the last days of the Apostles’ seminary training, the institution of the gift of gifts — the Sacrament of the Altar, and then the most horrendous of deaths, Jesus’ death by crucifixion. A mix of the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. Jesus was carrying out what His Father designed from eternity, paying our sin debt. We rejoice with the crowds at Jesus’ arrival. We learn from Jesus’ teaching. We thank God for the forever-after forgiveness system put in place in the Maundy Thursday holy meal. We weep in sorrow for what Jesus had to go through for us in that horrific death. Thankfully, the rest of the verse tells the hope of all hopes, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 6:23b).
