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Holy Week 2015
Vol. V, No. 2
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Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
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Holy Monday
Easy
Essays
By
Peter
Maurin
By Kelly Steele
"
4
All
of
the
evil,
all
of
the
hurt
of
the
world,
cries
out
for
justice.
Just
look
at
the
One
Campaigns,
the
G8
Summits,
the
non-proFits,
the
social
movements
with
grandiose
promises
to
Fix
the
problems
of
the
world.
The
suffering
cries
out
for
vindication.
For
all
of
the
sin,
the
pride,
the
suffering
and
the
death,
someone
must
be
to
blame,
for
there
must
be
some
way
to
Fix
it.
Fr.
Neuhaus
points
out
that,
from
the
beginning
the
wise,
the
good,
the
philosophers
and
the
despots
have
wrestled
with
this
question:
Who
is
at
fault?
Who
is
guilty?
Us
evildoers
all
have
excuses[:
t]he
guards
at
the
death
camps,
the
husband
cheating
on
his
wife,
the
executive
padding
his
expense
account,
the
physician
g i v i n g
a
l e t h a l
d o s e
o f
m o r p h i n e I
wa s
o b ey i n g
superior
orders,
I
have
needs
that
must
be
met,
Everybody
does
it,
We
do
a
favor
relieving
people
of
their
useless
lives.
Name
the
crime,
Neuhaus
writes,
and
it
is
Fitted
with
an
excuseAnd
we
are
back
to,
Adam,
where
are
you?
and
his
pathetic
response,
The
woman
whom
you
gave
me
to
be
with
All
the
Adams
and
the
Eves
join
with
the
brightest
and
the
best
of
philosophers
to
declare
that
this
is
just
the
way
the
world
is,
and
this
is
how
we
must
survive
it.
And,
yet,
when
the
suffering
does
come
for
reasons
originating
outside
of
ourselves,
we
insist
-
who
is
responsible
for
this
way
of
the
world?
Who
put
us
in
that
job?
Who
gave
us
those
needs?
Who
made
the
world
work
like
that?
Who
made
lives
useless?
Who
gave
us
the
woman?
At
the
end
of
the
day,
all
of
our
attempts
to
blame
externalities
are
attempts
to
blame
the
God
who
gave
us
this
world,
this
life,
this
body.
With
Adam,
our
attempts
to
dodge
the
blame
must
be
to
say
to
God:
you
gave
that
woman
to
be
with
me,
and
you
did
not
Fix
it.
It
is
the
blaming
of
God
that,
though
beginning
with
the
foundation
of
the
world,
ends
with:
Crucify
Him!
Here,
Neuhaus
again
notes,
we
face
a
mystery
far
beyond
our
ability
to
understand.
God
willingly
Holy Week 2015
Maundy Thursday
Holy Week presses on. We continue the journey feet, and your sta in your hand; and you shall eat it
of Christs nal footsteps before his crucixion, death, hurriedly. It is the passover of the Lord (Ex 12:11).
and resurrection. On this day, Maundy Thursday, the Israel was to remember this day not only as the one-
liturgy, the work of the people, is to participate in the time event of the Lord bringing them out of Egypt but
Last Supper and foot washing. Todays Eucharist is the as a perpetual commandment. Their bodily posture in
memorial of the institution of the Eucharist itself. the meal loins girded, sandals on feet, sta in hand,
Today acknowledges the Son passing over to the and eating hurriedly points to their participatory
Father by his death and resurrection. This New action in the work of the Lord, the passing over of
Passover is anticipated in the Last Supper and Israel and the striking down of Egypt.
celebrated in the Eucharist, the sacrament which fullls
This readiness for action of the Israelites is not
the Jewish Passover and anticipates the churchs nal unlike the readiness Jesus demands of his followers at
passing over in glory to the Kingdom. Today is the the Last Supper. This readiness is not only required of
beginning of the Triduum, the Three Days, which will his disciples but also for himself. He is prepared to
culminate in the Easter Vigil. Like the importance that fulll his own words, and I, when I am lifted up from
the church gives Sunday in the course of the week, the earth, will draw all people to myself (Jn 12:32). It
these three days are the culmination of
is Jesus who took a towel, and girded
the entire liturgical year. Today, though,
himself (Jn 13:4). The same Lord who
is Maundy Thursday. In between tonight
will draw all people and all things to
and Easter is the fast of Good Friday and
himself by his suering, death, and
Holy Saturday that will remind us that
resurrection, is the One who took a towel
we still await the joy of the Resurrection.
and girded himself. Jesus Christ his only
M a u n d y l i k e l y c o m e s f r o m
Son our Lord is sacrice and humble
mandatum, I give: I give you a new
servant. The perpetual memory of that
commandment, says the Lord: love one
his precious death and sacrice is bound
another as I have loved you (John 13:34).
up in Jesus submission to the Father to
If the Lord gives, we receive. By now, the
be sacrice and servant.
practices of Lent, those of prayer, fasting,
John Chrysostom, commenting on
and almsgiving, have softened our hearts
Paul, has this to say about the institution
to the precepts of the Lord. We have been
of the Eucharist: The Master gave up
prepared for this night through concrete,
everything, including himself, for us
bodily practices; practices that are only
whereas we are reluctant even to share a
Fritz Eichenberg
possible by His grace. Indeed, they are
licle food with our fellow believers. But if
practices that Christ himself practiced and
you come for a sacrice of thanksgiving, do
in participating in them, we participate in Him. not do anything unworthy of that sacrice. On
Hopefully, then, our gaze has been refocused to the Maundy Thursday, we are reminded that in presenting
Lord, our desires recalibrated to the Lords thy will be unto thee, O Lord, our selves, our souls and bodies, to
done. He is the giver not only of all good gifts but of be a reasonable, holy, and living sacrice unto thee
this new commandment too.
we must be ready to gird ourselves as humble servants.
Like Peter Maurins easy essay, a philosophy In the Eucharist, we are reminded that how we eat is a
so old that it looks new, Jesus new commandment reection of what we eat. In taking the Body and Blood
fullls the old commandment given to Israel. The Last of Christ into ourselves, may we also be girded with
Supper, too, looks like the passover of old. Tonight, the faith and humility to enact the new commandment:
church reads from Scripture the institution of the rst love one another as Christ loved us.+
Passover given to Israel by the Lord. This is how you
shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your
"
6
Not
much
has
changed
since
the
last
edition
in
February.
Perhaps
like
Fr.
Colins
description
of
the
Fight
with
the
demons,
I
often
let
much
slip
by
unnoticed
or
appear
insigniFicant.
Rather,
there
is
much
from
our
simple
life
to
be
celebrated
or
to
be
seen
within
the
cosmic
battle.
First,
the
recently
remodeled
second
Floor
has
given
us
an
extra
room
to
be
set
aside
as
a
Christ
Room
(ironically,
it
is
Fr.
Colins
old
room)
and
retain
nine
permanent
residents.
It
is
another
way
for
us
to
embrace
our
Catholic
Worker
roots
and
Dorothy
Days
ideal
that
we
give
hospitality
not
because
people
remind
us
of
Christ,
but
because
they
are
Christ.
With
the
actual
and
anticipated
arrival
of
children,
several
grandparents
have
stayed
in
the
Room.
Others
are
our
friends
who
have
been
turned
away
from
shelter/housing
ministries
or
hotels.
They
usually
stay
for
a
night.
Because
it
is
a
room,
and
not
the
previously
offered
couch
or
spot
on
the
Floor,
our
guests
can
have
as
much
sleep
and
privacy
as
they
want.
Uninterrupted
sleep
and
privacy
are
hard
to
come
by
even
in
the
House,
but
they
are
invaluable
gifts
on
the
street.
Recently,
we
have
found
a
way
to
accept
contributions
electronically
by
ACH
(bank
transfer)
and
credit
card.
There
is
even
a
recurring
option
for
those
who
contribute
a
monthly
pledge.
Paper
checks
are
still
preferred
but
many
of
our
supporters
have
asked
for
an
electronic
option.
Visit
our
website,
cfw.dionc.org,
under
the
Begging
tab
for
a
link
to
Donate
Now.
Finally,
some
news
from
our
friends
in
diaspora.
Clare
Inez,
daughter
of
Fr.
Stephen
and
Amanda
Crawford,
will
be
baptized
into
Christs
one
holy
catholic
and
apostolic
Church
on
the
Easter
Vigil
at
Trinity
Church,
Baton
Rouge.
Also,
Greg
Little
will
be
joined
to
Janice
Blackburn
in
Holy
Matrimony
on
Easter
Saturday
at
Trinity
UMC,
Durham.
We
enjoyed
the
company
of
Natalie
and
Frances
Wentzel
(All
Saints,
Thomasville,
GA)
for
a
week.
In
town
for
a
recent
Duke
Divinity
School
Anglican-Episcopal
House
event,
the
Rev.
Canon
Emily
Hylden,
of
Trinity
Cathedral,
Columbia,
SC,
celebrated
a
weekday
Mass
in
St.
Clare
Chapel
and
rekindled
her
cheese
grits
making
skills
at
St.
Josephs.
We
hope
you
will
pray
for
and
with
us,
visit
us,
and
send
us
your
spare
change.+
SMART
PHONE?
The
idols
of
the
heathen
are
silver
and
gold,
the
work
of
human
hands.
They
have
mouths,
but
they
cannot
speak;
eyes
have
they,
but
they
cannot
see;
They
have
ears,
but
they
cannot
hear;
noses,
but
they
cannot
smell;
They
have
hands,
but
they
cannot
feel;
feet,
but
they
cannot
walk;
they
make
no
sound
with
their
throat.
Those
who
make
them
are
like
them,
and
so
are
all
who
put
their
trust
in
them.
Psalms
115:4-8
&
135:15-18
"7
Good Friday
The
cross
Today,
we
confront
that
which
weve
known
was
coming
all
week.
Today,
we
assemble
beneath
the
dark
shadow
cast
before
us
by
the
cross
of
Christ.
What
can
be
said
that
has
not
already
been
said
about
this
instrument
of
death?
How
might
we
get
our
heads
around
this
suffering
of
Jesus?
The
answer,
of
course,
is
that
we
cannot
we
cannot
adequately
explain
the
cross!
We
cannot
make
it
more
palatable,
or
subject
it
to
our
own
desires
for
certainty
and
meaning.
This
is
death
were
talking
about,
and
none
of
us
can
fully
comprehend
death,
let
alone
the
death
of
the
Son
of
God.
Indeed,
the
cross
resists
our
comforting
certainties.
It
deFies
our
logic
and
denies
our
attempts
to
choose
some
higher
meaning
for
it.
For
sure,
we
can
try
to
come
up
with
neat
atonement
theories;
we
can
turn
the
cross
into
an
existential
symbol
for
suffering;
we
can
even
try
to
make
the
cruciFixion
all
about
our
guilt
and
our
sin
in
other
words,
all
about
us.
But
h e r e
a g a i n ,
t h e
c r o s s
r e f u s e s
s u c h
e a s y
appropriations.
In
the
end,
there
simply
is
no
Final
shifting
of
focus
onto
the
human
condition
that
adequately
accounts
for
everything
thats
happening
on
the
cross.
You
see,
what
we
have
here
is
the
deepest
and
darkest
of
all
mysteries!
Everything
weve
ever
thought
about
power,
about
love,
about
justice,
is
totally
turned
over
and
surpassed
by
Christs
passion.
And
while
the
cross
does
have
a
whole
lot
to
do
with
us
while
it
is
largely
about
our
salvation
it
has
very
little
to
do
with
any
salvation
scheme
we
might
think
up
on
our
own
behalf.
For
as
the
prophet
Isaiah
says,
All
we
like
sheep
have
gone
astray;
we
have
all
turned
to
our
own
way,
and
the
LORD
has
laid
on
him
the
iniquity
of
us
all.
Silence,
it
seems,
is
the
only
appropriate
response
to
the
mystery
of
the
cross.
But
silence
does
not
mean
despondent
dread
or
meaninglessness.
Rather,
silence
at
the
foot
of
the
cross
may
open
us
out
onto
that
which
is
truly
interesting
The
Gospel
of
John
gives
us
a
whole
trial
asking
the
question
of
whether
this
man
this
Jesus
of
Nazareth
"
8
"9
Easter
If
any
be
a
devout
lover
of
God,
let
him
partake
with
gladness
from
this
fair
and
radiant
feast.
If
any
be
a
faithful
servant,
let
him
enter
rejoicing
into
the
joy
of
his
Lord.
If
any
have
wearied
himself
with
fasting,
let
him
now
enjoy
his
reward.
If
any
have
labored
from
the
First
hour,
let
him
receive
today
his
rightful
due.
If
any
have
come
after
the
third,
let
him
celebrate
the
feast
with
thankfulness.
If
any
have
come
after
the
sixth,
let
him
not
be
in
doubt,
for
he
will
suffer
no
loss.
If
any
have
delayed
until
the
ninth,
let
him
not
hesitate
but
draw
near.
If
any
have
arrived
only
at
the
eleventh,
let
him
not
be
afraid
because
he
comes
so
late.
For
the
Master
is
generous
and
accepts
the
last
even
as
the
First.
He
gives
rest
to
him
who
comes
at
the
eleventh
hour
in
the
same
was
as
him
who
has
labored
from
the
First.
He
accepts
the
deed,
and
commends
the
intention.
Enter
then,
all
of
you,
into
the
joy
of
our
Lord.
First
and
last,
receive
alike
your
reward.
Rich
and
poor,
dance
together.
You
who
fasted
and
you
who
have
not
fasted,
rejoice
together.
The
table
is
fully
laden:
let
all
enjoy
it.
The
calf
is
fatted:
let
none
go
away
hungry.
Let
none
lament
his
poverty;
for
the
universal
Kingdom
is
revealed.
Let
none
bewail
his
transgressions;
for
the
light
of
forgiveness
has
risen
from
the
tomb.
Let
none
fear
death;
for
death
of
the
Savior
has
set
us
free.
He
has
destroyed
death
by
undergoing
death.
He
has
despoiled
hell
by
descending
into
hell.
He
vexed
it
even
as
it
tasted
of
His
Flesh.
Isaiah
foretold
this
when
he
cried:
Hell
was
Filled
with
bitterness
when
it
met
Thee
face
to
face
below;
Filled
with
bitterness,
for
it
was
brought
to
nothing;
Filled
with
bitterness,
for
it
was
mocked;
Filled
with
bitterness,
for
it
was
overthrown;
Filled
with
bitterness,
for
it
was
put
in
chains.
Hell
received
a
body,
and
encountered
God.
It
received
earth,
and
confronted
heaven.
O
death,
where
is
your
sting?
O
hell,
where
is
your
victory?
Christ
is
risen!
And
you,
o
death,
are
annihilated!
Christ
is
risen!
And
the
evil
ones
are
cast
down!
Christ
is
risen!
And
the
angels
rejoice!
Christ
is
risen!
And
life
is
liberated!
Christ
is
risen!
And
the
tomb
is
emptied
of
its
dead;
for
Christ
having
risen
from
the
dead,
is
become
the
First-fruits
of
those
who
have
fallen
asleep.
To
Him
be
Glory
and
Power,
now
and
forever,
and
from
all
ages
to
all
ages.
Amen!+
10
Weekly Schedule
At St. Josephs Episcopal Church
(1902 W. Main St.)
Morning Prayer: 7:30am Mon-Fri
Breakfast: 8:00am Mon-Fri
Evening Prayer: 5:30pm Mon-Fri
At St. Clare Chapel, Maurin House
(1116 Iredell St.)
Holy Eucharist 6:25am Mon-Fri
Evensong: 6:00pm Sun
Supper: 6:30pm Fri, Sun
Compline: 8:30pm Fri, Sun
At. St. Mary House
(302 Powe St.)
Supper: 6:30pm Tues
Editors
Fr. Justin Fletcher
Dr. Crystal Hambley
Tyler Hambley
Leigh Edwards Miller
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11
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North Carolina. We seek a life of prayer, study, simplicity, and fellowship with the poor. We stand in the
tradition of the Catholic Worker Movement, founded in 1933 by Peter Maurin and Dorothy Day. The Peter
Maurin Catholic Worker House offers food and shelter to the poor. Funds are directly used for the performance of
the corporeal and spiritual Works of Mercy, and no one in the House draws any salary from contributions.
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