Let's Walk Together This Holy Week!
What did Jesus do during His final week leading up to His Passion? Holy Week is the sacred time in which we remember and reflect on the final days of Christ's life.
This Holy Week, walk as a family alongside Jesus during the final and most important moments in His life.
Family Activity: Color Holy Week
As a family, take a few minutes each day this Holy Week to read the summary of that day below. Click the day to read the entire Bible story. Then, use the color to complete the activity below.
Palm Sunday
The day Jesus enters Jerusalem and the crowds joyfully sing: "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord" while waving palm branches.
Color: Green for the palm branches
Holy Monday
The day that Jesus cursed a fig tree outside the Jerusalem Temple. He then cleanses the Temple, overturning the money tables and exclaiming, "My house shall be called a house of prayer."
Color: Brown for the tables
Holy Tuesday
The next day, the apostles see that the fig tree Jesus had cursed has withered and died. Jesus then explains what this means.
Color: Purple for the figs
Holy Wednesday
Also known as Spy Wednesday, this is the day in which Judas Iscariot betrays Jesus for thirty pieces of silver.
Color: Gray for the thirty pieces of silver Judas was given
Holy Thursday
The day of the Last Supper, when Jesus eats the Passover with His apostles and washes their feet.
Color: Blue for the washing of the feet
Good Friday
The day in which Jesus is condemned to death. He carries the Cross all the way to Calvary where He is crucified and dies for our sins.
Color: Red for the blood of Christ
Holy Saturday
The day in which Jesus' body lays within the tomb and His soul descended into the realm of the dead, to bring the Gospel to all the righteous men and women who died before Him.
Color: Black for the darkness within the tomb
Instructions: Download and print out this coloring sheet to celebrate each day of Holy Week.
After reading the Bible story, color in the step and discuss as a family what happened that day.
On Easter Sunday, hang it up and see the beautiful journey you took as a family!
"I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die."
What is your favorite day of Holy Week?
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