By Brother David There’s so much that we can say about the Paschal mystery, and all of it is inadequate. In our liturgical tradition, Holy Week is known as the Week of the Passion. We focus on Jesus’ Passion, looking at various parables and readings from Isaiah, Job, other parts of the Old and New Testaments, and, of course, the Gospel accounts. On Thursday, we commemorate Jesus washing the feet of his disciples and the Last Supper—the institution of the Eucharist. On Friday, we commemorate the Crucifixion, and, in the evening, we re-enact Christ’s burial. On Holy Saturday, we rest and keep watch at the tomb, sometimes physically but always in our hearts. It is a heavy week: sad, solemn, and sobering. Then, on Sunday, we begin in procession, singing: “Heaven’s angels, Christ our Savior, hymn your Resurrection. Let us here, on earth, praise you with a pure heart.” And we respond to the proclamation of the Resurrection: “Christ is risen from the dead, conquering death b...