The Hill of Crosses Lithuanian: Kryžių kalnas is a site of pilgrimage about 12 km north of the city of Šiauliai, in northern Lithuania.
Good morning, beloved,
Well, it is Maundy Thursday! Do I know what Maundy means? Ha. I look it up every year…if I’m being honest. 😉 From Christianity.about.com, Derived from the Latin word mandatum, meaning “commandment,” Maundy refers to the commands Jesus gave his disciples at the Last Supper: to love with humility by serving one another and to remember his sacrifice. For this reason, many churches hold special Communion services as a part of their Maundy Thursday celebrations. Likewise, many congregations observe a traditional Passover Seder meal.
Passover, my dear friends, is an occasion not to be missed. It falls on Saturday. 🙂 And a beautiful way to follow the Seder meal can be found here: http://www.aholyexperience.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/A_Christian_Passover_Easter_Meal.pdf
Ann Voskamp is a humble author who gives all the glory to God. I encourage you to check out her blog. 
Finally, I gave my children a glimpse of the suffering of Jesus in the garden yesterday. We watched just a very brief portion of the Passion of the Christ…sit, for five minutes.
2Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
3Just think of Him Who endured from sinners such grievous opposition and bitter hostility against Himself [reckon up and consider it all in comparison with your trials], so that you may not grow weary or exhausted, losing heart and relaxing and fainting in your minds.
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