Welcome back to campus and welcome to Holy Week. That means there will be plenty of opportunities to join your fellow members from LEM in services. These will kick off with Maundy Wednesday at 5:15 in the Community Room in W11 (where we ate dinner when we worshipped in the Main Dining Room). The Eucharist and other elements of the service are integrated into the dinner. There will also be an opportunity to wash one another’s feet. As always, “all may; none must; some should.” While Thea and Kari Jo will have the dinner preparations in hand, if anyone wants to bring some finger food to snack on, I am sure they would appreciate it. Just let them know so we don’t end up with 17 pounds of goat cheese. Not that that would be the worst outcome imaginable, but … you know.
LEM will host a Good Friday service in the Chapel at noon. This service will include a reading of the Passion according to Mark and musical interludes by Rachel. There may be opportunities to ush or greet. If you feel so inclined, let Kari Jo know.
For the Easter Vigil, we plan to join young adults from greater Boston at the Crossing/Cathedral Church of St. Paul for their annual extravaganza: Vigil service and Dance Party. Due to the construction at the Cathedral Church, this will be held at St. John’s, Bowdoin Street. The night begins at 7 PM and ends when your dancing shoes are worn out. In addition to the fun, support Ashley and Thea in their recreation of Moses’ attempt to convince the Israelites to participate in the Exodus. If you want to leave as a group from MIT, let me know and we will coordinate our field trip all the way across the river. Feel free to show up on your own if that works better for you.
After you have had some time to recover from sensory overload of the Vigil, spend some time in reflection with some monks from the Taizé community on Saturday, April 11. That night there will be dinner, a discussion about renewing the Church, and, of course, a service of prayer and worship led by the brothers. This will be a great way to help round out the Octave of Easter.
I hope to see you at as many of these events as your schedule allows. None of you have anything else going on, right?
