A Srouce of Theologically Emo Tendencies

[dallaspaz]

"From Palm Sunday through Easter Sunday, the daily liturgies contain wildly different emotional focal points. Good Friday is the saddest day of the year for a Catholic; Easter is the happiest." - from an article about working for a Cathedral during Holy Week.

It's true; as Catholics we embrace in our holiest week of the year a nearly bi-polar

Comments

[meli_barber]

hadn't thought about that before..
it's a comforting though

[brekketechie]

You know, I'm a Presbyterian, and I feel so disconnected to Holy Week. Aside from Palm Sunday and Holy Friday and Easter, we don't do too much (some churches choose to, but it's very much a church-by-church decision). I kinda think that we are missing out. Holy week should be a time of reverence, of both sober reflection and child-like hope.
I start seminary in the Fall, and I wonder if other Protestants miss the ritual and emotional connection of religious practice that Catholics have. I wonder this especially at holiday time, when I feel that my congregation doesn't feel deep down in their toes how awesome God is. You know?