Holy Week for Teens and Children
If you are looking for ideas for Holy Week in your parish, here are two of my favorites. 1) HOLY FIRE IN JERUSALEM Gather a collection of videos of the Holy Fire in Jerusalem. That miracle is one many of our kids have never heard.. and the miracle continues each year! On the Eve of the Resurrection, inside the tomb of Christ in Jerusalem, the Holy Fire descends on the Patriarch of Jerusalem from within the Holy Sepulcher and believers pass the light around to all the faithful, who usually hold 33 candles bound together, to signify the 33 years of Christ's ministry on the Earth. The fire is miraculously given but also miraculous in nature, because it does not burn, just as Moses and the Burning bush. Believers have proved this by passing their hands through the fire, beards and faces...as many photos show. It's color is different than normal too, with more of a white-blue hue. The Holy Fire also bounces around like no light show ever manipulated by machines! Pilgrims