Weekly Liturgical Activities -- Week 12

Photo: Entry of Christ into Jerusalem. 14th Century Monastery of St Benedict, Subiaco

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NOTE: I apologize to anyone who read this post and went to Mass expecting the Passion according to John. This year's Palm Sunday Gospel was the Passion according to Matthew. I must have done a quick glance at the readings and saw the Good Friday's Passion, which is the Gospel of John, and mistaken it for Palm Sunday's. Sorry.

For this week's Liturgical Activities I'm linking to some pages which include many activities. There are so many wonderful things to do this week, and every one's method is probably different. Some moms want to cram in as much as they can -- with the idea that Holy Week comes just once a year and they want to seize the opportunity. Others may like to keep activities to a minimum, with the focus on prayer.

Both methods are fine, as is anything in between. But, I think the most helpful thing for me to do is "lead you to water" and then let you decide for yourself.


Palm Sunday

● Here and here are pages of crafts for Palm Sunday.

● A Palm Sunday coloring page here or download a coloring page here.

● To download a lesson plan for Palm Sunday click here.

● Go here for a page of activity downloads.

● Instructions for a Palm Cross here.

● A Palm Crown of Thorns here.

Holy Week

For adults:

● If you've not been reading a Lenten meditation each day, but would like to do so this week, you can find one at catholicculture.org by clicking on each day of the week. At the top of each meditation page, click on "prayer" and you will find a link to a prayer for each day.

● You'll find information here on the different Holy Week customs.

● If you have never attended a Chrism Mass, which takes place on Holy Thursday, I have been told that all Catholics should do this at least once in their life. Also on Holy Thursday is the Mass of the Lord's Supper, which is an awesome experience, too.

● Last chance for the Sacrament of Confession (not just for grown-ups).
For children:

● Here is a link to coloring pages for Holy Thursday. And another coloring page here.

● For a coloring page of the crucifixion, go here or here, or for some simple crosses to color, go here.

● For a stained glass cross craft, go here.

● My middle schooler found the Stations of the Cross which I linked to in an earlier post (here) to be too childish. This one was more at his level.

● Here is an online matching game of images from the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary.

● Here are online jigsaw puzzles of Holy Thursday and Good Friday, as well as Jesus in the Garden and the Institution of the Eucharist -- for young children. For older children -- here.

● Here is an online Connect the Dots of Jesus and the Eucharist for young children.

● A page of downloadable puzzles for Holy week is here.

● A page of links to activities related to the Passion here. Most are not Catholic, so use caution, but I have not found anything offensive.

● I don't have a tried and true recipe for Hot Cross Buns, but this one looks promising.

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