Coming Home

Coming home. A main reason for our enveloping the St. Matthew Passion and the Sunday morning liturgy in each other, is to bring home the major part of the Christian canon which is hugely ignored. People shout ‘Hosanna’ on Palm Sunday and ‘Hallelujah’ on Easter, forgetting two things: that Resurrection needs Crucifixion for its existence; and that Jesus already knew He was going to die upon entering Jerusalem the week before. Notice that attendance at the Maundy Thursday Service is about 125, compared to 2000 on Easter Sunday. . . We also want to bring the Passion back to its original church setting, where those who only knew it from the concert hall may experience the added dimension it takes on in its own home.

Music gives words wings which can fly right into your heart.