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Good Friday, Viernes Santo

April 3, 2015 – Good Friday (Viernes Santo)

Good Friday (Viernes Santo) is a bank holiday in Mexico prior to Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday. Christians remember Jesus’ crucifixion and death on this day.

12th Station of the Cross, Crucifixion: Jesus is nailed to the cross.

12th Station of the Cross, Crucifixion: Jesus is nailed to the cross.
Photo: www.bigstockphoto.com | zatletic

12th Stations of the Cross, Jesus dies on the cross.

12th Station of the Cross, Jesus dies on the cross.
Photo:www.bigstockphoto.com | zatletic

Good Friday is a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. The holiday is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday preceding Easter Sunday, and may coincide with the Jewish observance of Passover. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Black Friday,or Easter Friday though the latter properly refers to the Friday in Easter week.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Friday

Civic holiday
Observed nationwide, but employees are not entitled to a day off with pay.

Holy Thursday, Maundy Thursday or Jueves Santo

April 2, 2015 – Holy Thursday,  Maundy Thursday or Jueves Santo

Maundy Thursday (Jueves Santo) is a bank holiday in Mexico prior to Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday. Jesus’ last supper is remembered on this day.

Photo of a painting of the Last Supper. www.bigstockphoto.com | by zatletic

Photo of a painting of the Last Supper. Photo: bigstockphoto.com/ | by zatletic

Maundy Thursday is the Christian feast, or holy day, falling on the Thursday before Easter. It commemorates the Maundy and Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles as described in the Canonical gospels. The date is always between 19 March and 22 April inclusive, but these dates fall on different days depending on whether the Gregorian or Julian calendar is used liturgically.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maundy_Thursday

Last Supper, photo of a fresco painting on the ceiling of a church. www.bigstockphoto.com | zatletic

Last Supper, photo of a fresco painting on the ceiling of a church.
Photo: bigstockphoto.com/ | by zatletic

HOLY THURSDAY is the most complex and profound of all religious observances, saving only the Easter Vigil. It celebrates both the institution by Christ himself of the Eucharist and of the institution of the sacerdotal priesthood (as distinct from the ‘priesthood of all believers’) for in this, His last supper with the disciples, a celebration of Passover, He is the self-offered Passover Victim, and every ordained priest to this day presents this same sacrifice, by Christ’s authority and command, in exactly the same way. The Last Supper was also Christ’s farewell to His assembled disciples, some of whom would betray, desert or deny Him before the sun rose again. https://www.catholic.org/clife/lent/thurs.php

Domingo de Ramos, Palm Sunday

March 29, 2015 – Domingo de Ramos – Palm Sunday

Christians in Mexico celebrate Palm Sunday, which honors Jesus Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Palm Sunday (Domingo de Ramos) is held 7 days before Easter Sunday and marks the start of Holy Week (Semana Santa) in Mexico. Churches are decorated with palms to celebrate the story of Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey.

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Jesus on Palm Sunday. Painting at the church altar. Photo: www.bigstockphoto.com/ by zatletic

Civic Holiday:  Like statutory holidays, these are observed nationally. But, unlike statutory holidays, it is not mandatory to provide employees with a paid day off or holiday pay.

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April 11, Extra Large a great band from Santa Cruz CA.  See their videos on youtube.com.  Look up Extra Large.
We will be having a bbq, chicken dinners 100 pesos, baby back ribs 120 pesos, vegetarian surprise too.

April 13 Saturday Brian Flynn starting at dark.

April 20 Grand Opening of our new hotel, VidaSoul.  All day music and entertainment.  Ribbon cutting at 1:30 PM, free botanas and wine for an hour and then the music starts around 3PM, with The Lost Dogs of Zacatitos, followed by The Tim Lang expanded banded, 6 musicians with sax and The Kilometro Band, very popular Mexican band who play at Cabo Wabo every week.  Please join us for our celebration of our new hotel and the 10 year anniversary of The Crossroads Country Club.

Sunday May 19 The Sand Castle Competition.  Starts at noon.

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Easter Sunday, Domingo de Pascua

April 5, 2015 – Easter Sunday, Domingo de Pascua

An illustration of the Resurrection of Jesus with Angels and Mary Magdalene. BigStockPhoto.com | jasmine 83.

An illustration of the Resurrection of Jesus with Angels and Mary Magdalene. Photo: BigStockPhoto.com | jasmine 83.

One of Mexico’s biggest celebrations is Easter Sunday (Domingo de Pascua), which remembers the biblical story of when Jesus rose from death.

Easter is a Christian festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion at Calvary as described in the New Testament.[2][3] Easter is the culmination of the Passion of Christ, preceded by Lent, a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter

Resurrection of Jesus was the return to bodily life of Jesus after his death by crucifixion. Photo: by zatletic

Resurrection of Jesus was the return to bodily life of Jesus after his death by crucifixion.
Photo: BigStockPhoto.com | zatletic

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A wooden cross with the words “He has risen” spelled out with rustic alphabet blocks.  Photo: BigStockPhoto.com | McIninch