In addition to stumbling our way through some D.I.Y. We still wanted to observe Holy Week-so we got creative. During the holiest period of the year, church doors would be closed.
And not only would we be deprived of family-we would be deprived of sacraments. In March 2020, I realized that my wife, sister and I wouldn’t be traveling home from New York City to Ohio for Easter. I stumbled onto this idea thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet during the holiest week of the year for Christians, we have mostly failed to create any type of wider cultural traditions outside of going to liturgies during the Triduum (and complaining about Easter decorations going up at Target the day after Valentine’s Day).Ī guide for adding some movie-watching to your Easter preparation Holiday movies are a staple of the Christmas season, and definitely not just during the seven days leading up to Christmas-Hallmark has its “Countdown to Christmas” for its cheesy yuletide rom-coms, and Freeform encourages viewers to celebrate the “25 days of Christmas” by watching movies and TV specials. I’d like to propose a new way of celebrating this holiest of weeks, something that hopefully deepens our Catholic imaginations and prepares our hearts for the Easter season: Watching movies. Welcome to Holy Week! How are you celebrating? You might be doubling down (or starting over) on your Lenten penances, looking up special Mass times in the bulletin, or praying that this is the year that Father finally follows the first clause of the Catholic Social Contract: If the Gospel is long, the homily is short.
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