There certainly could not be a more “bi-polar” week in history than Holy Week for Christians. Kate Bowler puts it this way:

Holy Week walks us through rejection, confusion,
tears, and death to the heights of resurrection joy.
We are Easter people, called to live into hope, but
how do we do so when we live in a broken world
surrounded by so much to grieve? We must learn
to live in the already and not-yet of a world that
rejoices in Jesus’ resurrection, but waits for our lives,
families, communities, and world to be restored one
day too.
(From “Bless the Lent We Actually Have: Weekly Group Guide” Week 7)

What are we to do with the ups and downs of Holy Week when the palms we wave in celebration at the beginning of the week are crushed underfoot by the crowds following the beaten and bloodied Jesus as he carries his own cross through the same streets up to Calvary? . . .

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