In Christianity, Holy Wednesday (also called Spy Wednesday, Holy and Great Wednesday) is the Wednesday of the Holy Week, the week before Easter.
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Apr 4, 2007 Spy Wednesday (Holy Week). One of the Twelve, the one called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, "What are you willing to...
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Spy Wednesday:; On the Wednesday the tempo of the Holy Week increases. This is the day widely known as "Spy Wednesday". For it is the day when Judas Iscariot, a disciple turned betrayer agreed to show the chief priests where they could easily capture Jesus.
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Holy Week Definition and Summary Spy Wednesday: This is an old and uncommon name for the Wednesday of Holy Week, which commemorates Judas' agreement to betray Jesus (see Matthew 26:3-5, 14-16).
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In the Holy Week reform of 1955, the following changes were made to the Mass of Palm Sunday. Items two and three also apply to Holy Tuesday and Spy Wednesday. 1. The prayers before the altar are omitted, because another liturgical rite takes place before the Mass itself.
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The Nazarene Way of Essenic Studies; ~ Holy Week ~; Commemorating the events that led to the arrest and execution of Jesus the Nazarene The Teachings of Spy Wednesday Spy Wednesday: Judas agrees to betray Jesus / tells how to easily capture him.
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Wednesday's Gospel reading preludes the betrayal of Judas. How appropriate then is the sometimes used phrase of, "Spy Wednesday," for this period before our celebration of the Sacred Triduum. The events that lead Jesus to The Church in its wisdom sees this period of "Holy Wednesday" as a time for personal preparation.
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Previous Installments in this series:; Part 1 - The Palm Sunday Blessing and Procession of Palms; Part 2 - The Masses of Palm Sunday, Holy Tuesday and Spy Wednesday; The Holy Week reforms of 1955 brang only a few small changes to this rite, one of which however forms a notable part of the nearly complete change to...
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Lent (the word "Lent" comes from the Old English "lencten," meaning "springtime) lasts from Ash Wednesday to the Vespers of Holy Saturday -- The last three days of Holy Week -- Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday -- are known as the "Sacred Triduum."; The focus of this Season is the Cross and penance,
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Today is known as Spy Wednesday because on this day Judas made a bargain with the high priest to betray Jesus for 30 silver pieces. Labels: "Holy Week", spiritual meditation, Spy Wednesday God Spy...
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