Holy Saturday

We have now gone through Holy Week and the Scriptures.  I do pray you all go through these posts again. And take in the love that Jesus has for you.  

By now, Saturday morning, we all know what happened to Jesus.  He was murdered, crucified, tortured on that cross so that we can have life.  So we can have forgiveness.  There is no more for me to say.  

I’d like you to listen to this song.  And more importantly, I’d like you to pray, ask Jesus to forgive you and cleanse you.  That is the only way to reach heaven for all eternity.  There is no in between.  Either heaven or hell. No magical island for you to sit on.  I choose life, for eternity.  

I ask you all to pray, and go to a Bible believing Church on this Easter.  There is no judgement.  Just those willing to accept you into their family.  Jesus Christ’s family.  

Part 6, GOOD FRIDAY

 Wow here we are to GOOD FRIDAY.  By early Friday morning Jesus was already arrested, had been before the Roman and Jewish authorities.  No one could decide on Jesus’ crime.  That is because He had no crime.  He was full of love.  Enough love for everyone.  And more.  

Early Friday morning Judas Iscariot was beside himself because of betraying Jesus.  He went to a cliff and hung himself. 

As the day moved along, must have seemed forever to all those who loved Jesus and followed Him, Jesus was beaten, scorned, mocked. He was whipped with rods that had burrs on them.  Jesus was beaten so severely that the flesh on His back was peeling off.  Not only all of that, they jammed a “crown of thorns” on His head.  These thorns weren’t little rose bud thorns.  They were at least 2 inches long.  They didn’t just place this softly on Jesus’ head.  They jammed it on him.  Blood streaming from every place possible on Jesus’ body.  Then they made Him carry the heavy cross to Calvary.  They continued to spit on Him, defame Him, and mock Him. 

How devastating this had to be for Mary, Mother of Jesus, His disciples and followers.  How much worse was it going to get.  Many wondering why Jesus didn’t save Himself.  Because of LOVE. 

By Friday afternoon. Some say near 3 PM, Jesus died on that cross.  I will post the Scriptures here for you to look up what took place that evening, before burial.  Then tomorrow will be my final posting of this mini series.  I hope you all have enjoyed it.  I wouldn’t normally do this, but I felt very strongly the Holy Spirit nudge me and encourage me to do this.  

Another thought- why is this called GOOD FRIDAY?  

The Bible account of Good Friday is found in Matthew 27:1-62, Mark 15:1-47, Luke 22:63, 23:56, and John 18:28; 19:37.

What’s So Good about Good Friday?; The Seven Last Words of Jesus

Don’t forget to read Part 1 again.  

May you feel the love of Jesus today and everyday.  

Part 5. Maundy Thursday: Passover and the Last Supper

 Jesus and the disciples were preparing for the feast of Passover, or commonly known as the Last Supper.

Jesus spoke with them and shared the meal.  He was telling the disciples it was His time.  This would be His last meal with them.  

Luke 22:15-16 Jesus explained communion and told them what the bread and wine stood for, and why it was so important.  Even to this day we share communion amongst our churches with one another.  Luke 22:19-20

After the meal, Jesus and the disciples left the Upper Room and went to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus prayed in anguish to God the Father. The book of Luke states that "his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground" Luke 22:44

Late that night in Gethsemane, Jesus was betrayed with a kiss by Judas Iscariot and arrested by the Sanhedrin. He was taken to the house of Caiaphas, the High Priest, where the full council had assembled to make their claim against Jesus. In the early morning, as Jesus' trial was beginning, 

We remember this being spoken about in our Scriptures earlier in the week, Judas betraying Jesus to the Sanhedrin. There were other events that took place also.  I have included those verses for you to look up on your own.  My goal is to keep this about Jesus and His promise to us

The Bible account of  Maundy Thursday is  Matthew 26:17-75, Mark 14:12-72, Luke 22:7-62, and John 13:1-38.

I do hope this format has encouraged you and helped you dig in a little deeper about this whole week.  2 More days left after this.  I hope you join me in reading the verses and praying for others at this time.  Maybe you will come in contact with someone to invite to church for Easter services.  

The Holy Week part 4. Holy Wednesday

 Here we are to Wednesday already.  The Wednesday before Easter.  This day for Jesus and his disciples was less active than the previous days.  There isn’t a whole lot written about this day.  Jesus continued to teach the crowds.  And many thought that Jesus used this day to rest a bit, knowing what was to come.  And the disciples needed a day of rest as well.  There isn’t much scripture about this day’s events.  We know that Judas was out for his own gain.  He went to bargain with the high priests for giving up Jesus to them. MATTHEW 26:14-26.

While most people were preparing for the Passover meal the next day, the Chief Priests and Scribes were trying to figure out how they were going to kill Jesus.  

I wonder if any of them felt remorse in their heart before they even arrested Jesus?  

I pray that as you have your time with Jesus today, you ask Him to teach you something new in the Easter holiday.  Sit back, put your feet up, rest easy, and soak up what our Lord Jesus has for you today.  Amen.

Don’t forget to look at day 1again.  

  https://kathrynpacco.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-events-of-holy-week.html. 

Day 3. Holy Tuesday, Mount of Olives

 Please remember to look at the original blogpost, PALM SUNDAY.

Here we are to Tuesday.  By this time I wonder how the disciples felt.  Maybe getting a bit on edge? Could they sleep well at night?  Maybe fatigue was setting in.

On Tuesday morning Jesus and the disciples returned to Jerusalem. This was roughly about 2 miles. That in itself would tire me out.  

They were met with angry religious leaders in the temple. They were enraged because Jesus had established Himself with spiritual authority.  The angry persons were secretly planning an ambush to arrest Jesus. Jesus was able to elude their traps at this time. He declared severe judgement on them.  You can read about this in MATTHEW 23:24-33   Remember I set this blog up for you to read about Holy Week and the events that happened. Part 1 is Palm Sunday and a brief description of Holy Week up to Easter.  

Later in the day Jesus went up to the Mount of Olives. You can overlook the city from here. It is here that Jesus gives a strong revelation of the end times. He tells of the end times, His second coming, and the  final judgment.  I wonder how much the people were squirming in their seats. I am sure there were plenty that were thinking about their own lives and what was going to happen to them.  Praise the Lord, we don’t have to worry or fret.  We are redeemed by the power of His blood. 

Also this is the day that Judas met with the Sanhedrin to betray Jesus.  MATTHEW 26 tells about that. Finally the rest of the events of Holy Thursday are found in MATTHEW 21, MARK 11, LUKE 20, and JOHN 12. 

I encourage you to read Palm Sunday blog again. And take a few moments to keep these verses or the events that took place.  The events that helped secure our salvation.  

Easter Week, part 2

 As I mentioned in my blog yesterday, “The Events of Holy Week”, I am going to add to the specified day the events that took place on that day. 

Please go back and read the full blog on The Holy Week before reading on to today’s post on HOLY MONDAY. 

Late Sunday evening, which would’ve been Palm Sunday, Jesus and his disciples went to Bethany for the rest of the night. Then early Monday morning, which is called Holy Monday, Jesus and his disciples returned to Jerusalem. 

This trip to Jerusalem is when Jesus went into the temple and saw the corrupt money changers  The courts in the temple were full of these money changers. Jesus overturned the tables and stated they turned the temple into a den of thieves. You can read about this in LUKE 19:46.

The Bible account of Holy Monday is found in Matthew 21:12-22, Mark 11:15-19, Luke 19:45-48, and John 2:13-17. Read the Bible Story of the Cursed Fig Tree

As I mentioned in yesterday‘s blog post, I encouraged you to look up these scriptures and read about the holy week on your own. Therefore, I did not go into great detail of each day in yesterday‘s post. Every day this week I will post the meaning for that specific day. Since today is Monday this is about Holy Monday. Have a blessed day as you go and read about this. I pray the Lord shows you something new about it. We’ve all heard the Easter story our whole lives and what it means to some people and what it means to other people and what it should not mean. Our main focus is the fact that Jesus went to Calvary and died on that cross for our sins. And then he rose again on the third day, as promised. 

Stay tuned for Tuesday’s post. 

The Events of Holy Week

 Palm Sunday through to Easter Sunday.  This blogpost will be a little different.  I want to list what took place through Holy Week, or the week leading up to Easter.  My hope is that as we go through everyday life, we would have these events on our minds.  I hope this brings the light and hope to you this Easter.  

PALM SUNDAY:

This is the Sunday before Jesus was crucified.  He was making His way to Jerusalem. Jesus knew His day was coming, He would be crucified and die for our sins. ALL of our sins. 

He sent a couple of disciples to find a donkey for Him to ride on as He entered the city.  Where do Palms come into play?  The crowds of people were singing “Hosanna in the highest” and waving Palms in honor of Jesus entering the city.  Some laid the palms down to cover the dirty street as Jesus entered.  Zechariah 9:9

HOLY MONDAY:

Luke 19:46 tells of Jesus coming upon the temple and seeing the corrupt money changers.  Jesus declaring His temple is a house of prayer, but they made it a “den of thieves”.  Jesus overturned the tables and cleared the temple.  

HOLY TUESDAY:

Jesus goes to the Mount of Olives. Jesus delivered His message of what is to become of Jerusalem and its destruction, and the prophecy of Jesus’ death and resurrection of Jesus.  Also on this day Judas decides to betray Jesus.  Matt 26 

HOLY WEDNESDAY:

Judas betray Jesus. 

Anticipation of Passover beginning on Thursday.

MAUNDY THURSDAY:

Passover and The Last Supper. 

Definition of Maundy- the washing of feet.

This is when Jesus and his disciples had what is known as “the last supper”, or “feast of the Passover”, and when Jesus washed the disciples feet. This is when Jesus spoke of what we call communion.  The breaking of bread and sipping of wine, in remembrance of Him.  The bread, His body. The wine, His blood. 

From there Jesus and the disciples retreated to the Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus anguished in prayer to His Father God. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling to the ground. Luke 22:44

Then later that night was when Judas betrayed Jesus by a kiss on His cheek.  Jesus was then arrested.  

By the way, it wasn’t just a handful of soldiers.  It was a few hundred that came to arrest Jesus.  

GOOD FRIDAY:

A lot takes place on this one very important day.  

Jesus’ trial, crucifixion,  death, and burial.

And oh, remember Judas, he was so distraught over what he did that he hung himself.  

Jesus spoke His final words on that cross.  He said “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do.

HOLY SATURDAY:

Jesus Christ in the tomb. Guarded by Roman soldiers. 

Later that evening the disciples came to prepare Jesus’ body and wrapped in linen.  

The tomb sealed by a huge boulder. Not just a little rock as we would know it.  

This is the timeline of Holy Week, prior to Resurrection Day, or Easter as we call it.  

RESURRECTION  SUNDAY:

We know what happened   Jesus was RISEN! Our Savior did what He promised. He said He would take on the sins of the world and make a way for our redemption.  

As you notice I did not go into great detail.  I left a few Scripture references.  But my hope is for each day this week you will think of this timeline and look into it during your own devotion time.  Check out all that took place each day.  Read it to your family, your children, your neighbors.  Share this good news.  

I will repost this everyday and add a verse or two.  To remind you to read the Easter Story.  I pray you all reach a heightened revelation of this powerful message.  

Jesus doesn’t have a time clock

I’ve been thinking about this title for a little bit.  Then I found myself going down different paths.  It began to get too complex for a simple blog.  So I stepped aside and prayed.  I then figured out what Jesus was speaking to me.  I hope it speaks to you as well.

Most of our lives, from early adulthood through to retirement, we live by the time clock.  We start our day by punching in on that clock at work.  Then we finish our shift, or day at work and we punch out on that very same time clock.  Some say they live by the clock.  

Let’s look at that with a different perspective.  Do you think Jesus always goes by a time clock when He is praying and interceding for us?  Or does He respond saying “I’ve already done my 8 hours, I will catch you next time”.  Oh my goodness, how devastating that would be for most of us.  Especially when we are hoping for a miracle, or huge answer to a specific prayer.  

We know that Jesus has specific plans for you and I.  And He has the perfect timing for His miracles to be in our lives.  By all means, that does not mean for us to give up, to stop praying, to stop believing in that miracle.  What this has shown me is our time clock may say time to go home, but Jesus doesn’t live by our time.  To Him time is eternity.  He knows the best time to bring those miracles to fruition.  

Jesus is present always.  He is always listening to us and our cries to Him.  There is no need to demand that need be filled immediately.  Jesus knows what we need and when.  

This also doesn’t mean we stop praying and stop asking.  The Lord loves to hear from His children.  You and I.  Don’t ever get tired of asking.  But we must be careful not to get demanding.  

I’ve spent many years of my life dealing with illness.  From my early teen years and still now.  I prayed, my husband prayed, my family, my pastors, my church, and more.  It took many years to see improvement.  I wasn’t instantly healed.  It is an ongoing process.  Did I wonder why I wasn’t seeing it all at once?  Sure I did.  But Jesus would gently remind me, I am his daughter and He has His hands on me.  I had to learn to be patient.  Don’t live by the time clock.  Jesus knows the time.  It took many years before I totally let it go and was convinced it will happen when it’s the right time.  

I hope this gives you new hope.  You don’t have to get weary, but hang on to the promises Jesus has given you. Don’t stop asking and believing. Your time will come.  

“There is an occasion for everything, and a time for every activity under heaven:”

‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

“He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts…

‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭3‬:‭11‬a ‭HCSB‬‬

Are We Willing to Go!

 How many times in our lives have we heard the Lord speak to us, with definite clarity and direction?  

Some say oh everyday.  I wouldn’t argue that.  I always ask the Lord to hear me, and for me to hear Him speak into my life.  

When we are filled with the Holy Spirit we probably can experience that more often than we do.  Jesus sent us His Holy Spirit to teach us, to speak to us, and to give us clear vision for our days ahead.  

Sometimes the Lord gives us a very specific word.  Like picking up roots and moving far away.  We all know some who have done so.  

He may be giving us a specific task to do.  Or perhaps befriending someone.  The list can go on and on.  

But do we listen and obey.  That is the big question.  Will we go?  Will we put ourselves out there for the Lord to use? Are we willing?  Some sacrifice is “more” than others.  But Jesus doesn’t think it is a lesser need.  Lord, you asked so and so to sell their home, but you asked me to make cookies for the grumpy neighbor.   Does that mean what I do is less valuable?  Absolutely not!  Our Jesus does not discriminate nor think of anyone lesser than the other.  His love is as far and deep and wide for us all to receive what He has for us.  We just need to listen and act on it.  Obey Him.  

Here I am Lord, send me!  

“Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: Who should I send? Who will go for Us? I said: Here I am. Send me.”

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭6‬:‭8‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

Infinite Love

 Infinite love.  What does that mean?  It means a never ending love.  A love that is so vast we will never ever see the end of it.  There is so much love, how can we fit it all into our hearts? 

In the natural it seems impossible.  But how about in the spiritual? Is it possible?  

It sure is. There is one man who has enough love in his heart for every single person here on earth, and in heaven.  Our Lord Jesus Christ.  That’s right, He has infinite love, un-ending love, a love that fills His heart.  A love that flows from His heart forever.  

“But God proves His own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us!”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭8‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

Jesus has so much love for each and every one of us, that He was scorned and mocked for us. He was tortured and nailed to the cross because of His love for us. 

It is hard for us to comprehend such love in the natural.  But through God’s Holy Spirit He teaches us and gives us understanding to know in our hearts the love Jesus has. 

Will we ever have that much love in our hearts? Enough to cover the whole world? Probably not.  But with the help of the Holy Spirit we can try to love one another the way Jesus loves us.

“For this reason I kneel before the Father from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named. I pray that He may grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power in the inner man through His Spirit, and that the Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love, and to know the Messiah’s love that surpasses knowledge, so you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭3‬:‭14‬-‭19‬ ‭HCSB‬‬

Will we ever comprehend totally the “Infinite Love” of God?  I’d like to think so.  I certainly hope so.  It may not always be as clear as a sunny day, but I want to definitely always feel it in my spirit.  

I can almost name the amount of times I have felt and seen that kind of love Jesus has for me, and my family.  I have experienced it first hand. He has saved me from devastating illness.  He brought my husband back from very near death, and performed a medically documented miracle on him.  

Those times certainly confirmed the infinite love Jesus has on us.  You can never ever forget what it felt like.  At least I pray we would never forget.  

Faithful readers, I pray these words inspire you to seek God’s infinite love.  Yearn in your hearts to feel it, and see it.  Because He truly does have enough love for every person in heaven and earth.  He has your name written down and stamped in His love.