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For many, Christmas is the most Holy week of the year. That may be because it is so widely celebrated, even by those of other faiths or those of no particular faith. Along with all holidays, there is a tendency to focus on the fun, the parties, the food, the kids, the wonder, and all that goes along. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we are making a mindful effort to focus on Jesus this week and to come closer to Him this year, and hopefully, these efforts will lead to year-round momentum.
To help with that, I put together this guide to help you focus a little each day on Christ and the last week of his mortal ministry, leading to the glorious atonement and resurrection. This gift of love from the Father and Christ is given to all who have ever lived. The guide includes scriptures to read each day, ideas for prayers that may help you get closer to Christ, interfaith practices to help us understand and love our neighbors, and activity ideas for each day of the week.
You can download the guide using the button below. It is free, not tracked, and requires no login or information.
If you want to know more about our efforts and focus this week, this short video below is a wonderful invitation and testimony of Christ. It can also clarify our (and my) belief in the literal resurrection of Christ.
I recently read that when we are anxious, a part of the brain called the amygdala fires up, and we feel stress hormones. Those hormones flood our system to keep us in a state of hypervigilance. Our brain is preparing for what could go wrong. We use our brains to ask "what terrible thing might happen," then prepare for that.