As a Catholic Mom these are the things I use during Holy Week to help keep my family focused on Jesus. I will walk you through Holy Week to give you ideas Monday through Easter. Each day is a new focus! Just a reminder to go to confession if you didn’t get a chance to go yet, here is a full guide! Also if you haven’t already gotten Easter Basket items now is the time! HERE are my Catholic Easter Basket Ideas if you are looking for ideas.
Monday-Wednesday of Holy Week
Plan Your Week – First get out my planner and start planning. It is great to have a plan so that it is not a wasted week you can go in with a mission and that always helps me! I have these free planners HERE if you would like to print them out. This is super helpful that way you won’t miss anything.
Spring Clean – Holy Week is a great time to spring clean your entire house or as much as you can! It is a great way to prepare for the Easter season with a clean house! HERE is my free printable!
The Easter Story Egg– Here is a great activity, my mom gave us this and it is a great activity for the family. Open one egg a day and read the message in the book that will bring you closer to understanding Jesus and Holy Week! Click HERE to get the link.
Resurrection Eggs – These are a great way to keep the kids focused on Jesus and the passion that he went through! You can either buy the whole set and book explaining how to di it HERE or you can make them! HERE are the ideas if you are crafty and want to make them which is always a fun activity! My kids love this!
Holy Thursday
Washing of the Feet – This is a great day to honor your family members and have everyone pick names and wash there feet. We do this every year and my family love this act of love for one another. Of course this is modeling what Jesus did to the disciples.
Breaking Bread – Before dinner and after washing feet we read the readings for Holy Thursday Mass to the kids. While my husband reads the reading we will have special bread bought from the local bakery (you could always make it too) and grape juice and candle lit table. This is really special for the the kids and us! We love making family memories like this! Of course if you wanted to go all out you could have a seder meal, This is a great time to watch the movie Prince Of Egypt trust me this movie is awesome and makes us want to grow closer God!
Last Supper Picture of Plague – Now is a great time to take out a picture of the Last Supper if you have one. I love this one from House of Joppa is is classy and perfect for Holy Thursday and all of Holy Week.
Good Friday
Just a reminder Good Friday is a day of fasting this is not just a suggestion but considered a sin if you do not fast! It is a big deal in the Catholic faith! Below is my video on how to fast correctly on Good Friday and Ash Wednesday if you want to watch it’s only 3 mins long.
Divine Mercy Novena – This is a powerful novena! Many Catholic’s do this novena and it starts on Good Friday and ends Divine Mercy Sunday (the week after Easter Sunday). If you would love to learn how to do this powerful novena click HERE.
Stations of the Cross – On ‘Good Friday’ it is a great time to do the Stations of the Cross with your family. This devotion is amazing it is very sad but so beautiful! Also you might want to put purple cloth on your sacramentals as a sign of mourning.
Veneration of the Cross – At most Catholic Churches they have a service where you can kiss the feel of Jesus. It is so sweet and tender to show your respect to Jesus on Good Friday.
Hot Cross Buns – These rolls that have fruit and spices are a tradition for many Christians on Good Friday &/or Easter Sunday. You can make them or buy them at your local bakery!
Easter Saturday
Make the Easter/Paschal Candle– with easy-to-follow instructions, my kids loved making these Candles last year and we hope to do it again this year! This Candle is great to burn at Easter Brunch and all through the Easter Season! Click HERE to check them out!
Decorate Easter Eggs – this is something I did as a child and I do it with my children too! It is a fun thing to prepare for Easter Morning when we eat them for a early breakfast. There are some fun ways to make the Eggs Catholic these Jesus Orthodox Easter Egg Wraps are a great way to show the faith! And below is a sweet idea too…
Easter Shrink Wrap Egg Sleeves – These are perfect to make the cutest Easter Eggs for Easter morning. We do our Eggs Saturday Evening. Click HERE to get the link to these eggs.
Easter Jesus Gummy Eggs – These are great if don’t want a mess but you still want your Easter Eggs to be super cute! These eggs come with butterfly gummy too! Here is the link and if you use the code ACATHOLICMOMSLIFE you get 10% off your order! Lots of Easter gifts from this Catholic store!
Easter Lamb– did you know that many Polish families have a Lamb for there Easter table the little Lamb represents Easter which has a cross flag which represents Christ resurrection and victory over death and palms. Isn’t that cute! Just have him as a center piece at your table for Easter morning. Click HERE to get this link.
Easter Table – We set the table and get out all the Easter Spring decor for Easter on the Saturday before Easter. We will set up the beautiful table settings for Easter Morning! I love any thing that is cheerful and beautiful! More decor ideas HERE.
Easter Sunday!
Easter Morning– the kids find Easter Baskets and Easter Eggs then we will eat some of the hard boiled Eggs before we get ready for Easter Mass! After Mass we go to Nona and Papas for brunch! Here is what I make for Easter Morning Brunch (Recipes in my video below) every year and the rest of the day is just resting!
Easter Brunch – In the video above I share what we do for Easter Brunch every year.
Easter Basket Gifts – If you are looking for good Catholic Easter Gift ideas I have lots of ideas HERE they are for kids of all ages boys and girls!
Great Holy Week books
All About Lent & Holy Week – if you are looking for amazing ideas and the reasons we do what we do as Catholic during Lent and Holy week THIS book is awesome at explaining EVERYTHING!
Celebrating A Holy Catholic Easter – This book walks you through some great customs and devotions for the Lent and Easter Season! Click HERE to get the link.
Holy Week Checklist – here is a free checklist that will help you stay on track for Holy Week! Click HERE to get a copy.
Below is a video I did to walk you though the ideas too! I hope you enjoy!
