Easter Triduum

 Within the following weeks before Easter we have been learning about the Easter Triduum. The Easter Triduum is the important events leading up to Easter Sunday. I will explain the Easter Triduum from the day it starts.

Palm Sunday: This is the day where the Easter Triduum begins. On this day, Holy Week begins. Jesus has finished walking through the desert. It has been 40 days since He started walking. He rides into Jerusalem on a donkey as the people of Jerusalem place palms and clothing on the ground for Jesus saying, "Hosanna."

Holy Thursday: This is the day that the Last Supper happens. At the Last Supper Jesus says to his disciples, "One of you will betray me tonight. So this bread is my body, and this wine is my blood. Eat and drink this to remember me. But first, whoever I give the bread to is the one who has betrayed me." Next Jesus passes the bread to Judas. Judas gets mad and walks out. Jesus then breaks the bread and passes it round the table. Later that same night Jesus heads to a garden with his disciples. Jesus sits down and prays for a few hours. A few hours later Judas arrives with some soldiers to arrest Jesus. That's what they do.

Good Friday: Today Jesus gets trialled. At first the Judges don't want to kill him, but eventually they do. Now, the stations of the cross begin. First Jesus gets striped of his clothing and a crown of thorns is placed on his head. Next he is given his cross and has to walk up a hill carrying it on his back. Jesus falls over but is forced to get back up. He keeps walking. His mother Mary comes up to wipe the blood of his face. He keeps walking. He falls over again. Some one named Simon is forced to help Jesus. He does. Later Jesus is given the Cross again. He keeps walking. He falls over a third time. He is force to get back up. When he reaches the top of the hill, he is nailed to the cross. After a few hours, Jesus dies. He is taken down from the cross and placed in a tomb.

Easter Sunday: Jesus rises from the dead to meet with his disciples. He tells them that the Holy Spirit will come and that the sins of the world will always be healed.

After we researched the Easter Triduum we got to make 2 pictures. After they were made we had to cut them into strips and glue them down to a large piece of paper. We had to glue 1 strip of paper at a time. The first strip was one picture, the second strip was from the other picture.

Here is my one:

Did you learn anything today?