Exhale: Holy Week is Here
Palm Sunday and Holy Monday
Hi friends, if you’re new to the Graceful Table, welcome!! I am so glad you’re here. I see this post as if I’m sending you a virtual coffee date- so, pull up a chair and join me for a moment of pause. Plus, I have included a recipe to savor together. (It’s Spring yay! Check out this perfect for spring couscous salad-it also makes a great side dish for an Easter ham.)
Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday
Oh Wonder of Wonders The praise erupted A loud and jovial thunder He though- meek sat still On a colt humble beholding Their hearts wanting salvation Salvation is here but they don’t behold it Save us now Hosannah! -Daisy Fuentes Dronen
This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying, “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”
The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them.
Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” ‘
Matthew 21:4-9
‘Esto sucedió para que se cumpliera lo dicho por el profeta: «Digan a la hija de Sión: Tu Rey viene a ti, manso, y sentado sobre una burra, sobre un burrito, hijo de animal de carga.» Los discípulos fueron, e hicieron tal y como Jesús les mandó: trajeron la burra y el burrito, pusieron sobre ellos sus mantos, y él se sentó encima. La multitud, que era muy numerosa, tendía sus mantos en el camino, y otros cortaban ramas de los árboles y las tendían en el camino. Tanto los que iban delante como los que iban detrás lo aclamaban y decían: «¡Hosanna al Hijo de David! ¡Bendito el que viene en el nombre del Señor! ¡Hosanna en las alturas!» ‘
San Mateo 21:4-9
Breath Prayer
Breath prayer is prayer that is like the breathing of our soul. As we practice breath prayer we inhale and exhale the Spirit of God with one phrase to pray.
No we offer up our hearts in prayer:
Inhale: Hosanna Jesus
Exhale: Save us now
Oración de Respiración
Introducción:
La oración de respiración es una oración que se convierte en la respiración de nuestra alma. En ella, inhalamos y exhalamos el Espíritu de Dios usando una frase para orar.
Inhala: Hosanna Jesus!
Exhala: Sálvanos ahora
Holy Monday/ Lunes Santo
Scripture:
‘And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.” And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. ‘
Matthew 21:12-14
‘Al entrar Jesús en el templo de Dios, expulsó de allí a todos los que vendían y compraban en el templo, y volcó las mesas de los cambistas y las sillas de los que vendían palomas; y les dijo: «Está escrito: “Mi casa será llamada casa de oración”, pero ustedes han hecho de ella una cueva de ladrones.» Mientras Jesús estaba en el templo, algunos ciegos y cojos se acercaron, y él los sanó. ‘
San Mateo 21:12-14
Reflection/ Reflexión
As Jesus entered the temple, He could not leave things as they were. The temple had been desecrated by how people treated one another and how it had become a place for personal gain rather than for worship. Jesus calls us to live a life in which we do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with Him (Micah 6:8).
The temple needed to be purified again—but what about the temple of the Holy Spirit? Could it be that we, too, need the purification that only Jesus’ blood can provide? In these same verses, after Jesus cleansed the temple, the blind and the lame came to Him there, and He healed them.
Jesus wants to purify us inside and out. His desire is for complete wholeness as He heals our souls and bodies. Do not wait—come to Him and accept His gift today.
Al entrar al templo, Jesús no pudo dejar las cosas como estaban. El templo había sido deshonrado por la manera en que las personas se trataban entre sí y por cómo lo utilizaban para su propia ganancia. Jesús nos llama a hacer justicia y a vivir en rectitud; no podemos separarlas.
El templo necesitaba ser purificado de nuevo, pero ¿qué hay del templo del Espíritu? ¿Será que también nosotros necesitamos la purificación que solo la sangre de Cristo puede dar? En estos mismos versículos, después de que Jesús purificó el templo, vinieron a Él los enfermos y los sanó.
Jesús quiere purificarnos por fuera y también por dentro; Él desea sanar y restaurar nuestra alma y cuerpo. No te detengas—ven a Él y acepta su regalo hoy.
He has drawn near and we are never the same again.
Gracefully,
Daisy
Preparing for Easter
As we prepare our hearts I know we are also preparing our homes and thinking about the tables we will share soon. I love sharing this recipe with you over on the blog. It is one I love and I also enjoy making it with the girls!
My hope is that this recipe helps you gather simply but fully with your people!
Buen Provecho!
