Holy week david gilmour liturgy

This year I changed up the 'Holy week David Gilmour liturgy' that I've posted to Facebook the last 5 or so years. Instead of just doing Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday, I started with postings on Monday and went through the week. If I continue it next year I will likely start on Palm Sunday with 'Time,' but it didn't occur to me until it was too late this year.

I based the song selections this year mostly on the gospel readings from the Revised Common Lectionary (Year A). Someday I would like to put together a more complete Holy Week devotional with explanations, prayers, and such. But, it doesn't really seem to garner that much interest, so it's probably not worth the time and effort. Anyway, this is what I posted for each day on Facebook this year:

Monday
Song: "Rattle that lock" (https://youtu.be/L1v7hXEQhsQ)
Scripture: John 2:13-17 (not the normal reading)
Posting: "I'm beginning my annual David Gilmour Holy Week liturgy on Monday this year. I can picture Jesus overturning the temple tables to this."

Tuesday
Song: "Let's Get Metaphysical" (https://youtu.be/z__plRpIabU)
Scripture: John 12:20-36
Posting: "Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit." (John 12:24)

Wednesday
Song: "Faces of Stone" (https://youtu.be/0MlGYgmzk9Y)
Scripture: John 13:21-32
Posting: "Merciful Lord, you revealed your glory by humbly serving the one who would betray you. Shower us with your mercy, Lord, and grow us up to be merciful. Amen." (Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals)

Thursday
Song: "Wish You Were Here" (unplugged) (https://youtu.be/3j8mr-gcgoI)
Scripture: John 13:1-17; 31b-35
Posting: "Maundy Thursday (or Holy Thursday) is one of my favorite Christian holidays. Perhaps because nothing expresses the mystery and intrigue of our faith more than what transpired on this night.

It is set on the Thursday before Easter in remembrance of the night preceding Jesus' crucifixion (Good Friday). Jesus had gathered with his disciples to celebrate the Passover, and he puts a whole new twist on the event... turning it into the Last Supper. It was to be his last night alone with his closest friends; a night he tried to show them the full extent of what he was about. They ate together, and he washed their feet. Everyone's feet. Including Judas' (who was in the midst of betraying him).

A common thought is that the English word Maundy is derived from the Latin mandatum, and connects with John chapter 13; specifically verses 34-35 where Jesus says, "A new command (mandate) I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples..."

I have always thought this the perfect song to accompany my reminisce of the events and emotion of this night. So many times I wish he were here; and he may feel likewise..."

Friday
Song: "Comfortably Numb" (https://youtu.be/gBUTbHHH3I8)
Scripture: John 18:1-19:42
Posting: “Paradox” seems an appropriate word for Good Friday. Today’s historic events were far from “good,” but without them, could anything ever be? In much the same way, I doubt Jesus felt much ‘comfort’ on the cross, and he was far from ‘numb.’ The question I wrestle with, though, is whether or not I am…
John 19:28-36
“Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” ²⁹ A jar of wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’ lips. ³⁰ When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.” With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.
³¹ Now it was the day of Preparation, and the next day was to be a special Sabbath. Because the Jewish leaders did not want the bodies left on the crosses during the Sabbath, they asked Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken down. ³² The soldiers therefore came and broke the legs of the first man who had been crucified with Jesus, and then those of the other. ³³ But when they came to Jesus and found that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. ³⁴ Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus’ side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. ³⁵ The man who saw it has given testimony, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, and he testifies so that you also may believe. ³⁶ These things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken,”


Saturday - silent (no song or posting)
Scripture: Matthew 27:57-66 or John 19:38-42

Sunday
Songs: "Coming Back to Life" (before sunrise) (https://youtu.be/PCSFz_YycYA) & "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" (after sunrise) (https://youtu.be/Hv_RRg51bJI)
Scripture: John 20-1:18 or Matthew 28:1-10
Postings: First - "Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance." John 20:1

Happy Easter, folks!! (with CBTL). With "Shine on..." I posted this:
"So ends another year's DG Holy Week liturgy with one of my favorite songs, and a little blurb from Wendell Berry to remind us we can forever 'practice resurrection.'" followed by "Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front."


So, that's it for this year. But the resurrection never ends...