St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke shares some thoughts on how to live holy week:

Holy Week cannot be for us like any other week but must be marked with the deepest sentiments of gratitude and love, expressed, above all, by our participation in the Sacred Liturgy. Too easily, we may permit the busyness of our lives to keep us from the Christian celebration of Holy Week. Our love of Christ and our communion with Him, however, draw us to observe Holy Week by giving our heartfelt participation to the Sacred Liturgy and by setting aside times of silence and prayer at home or in visits before the Blessed Sacrament.

Our observance of the forty days of Lent has been directed to making us ready for the celebration of Holy Week, so that the strong grace which comes with the commemoration of the events of our salvation may be poured forth into our souls and reach into every dimension of our lives. Commemorating, with Christ, His Blessed Mother and all the saints, the events of the Sacred Triduum, we contemplate the mystery of His life within each of us.

Read more at the archdiocesean website: www.archstl.org