Arrested and Tried

Jesus' arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane was the defining catalyst for his passion, death, and resurrection. In an amongst the olive branches of that dark and quiet garden lurked the spears and clubs of the mob and Roman cohort, come to arrest him following the betrayer's kiss. The rocks at the base of the tree speak of the rocks where the three disciples slept through Jesus' prayer. The tall Christ candle towers above the mob andthose who fall away. The passion narrative is a period of clear definition for who and whose Christ is. The carpet that covers the table tells one more part of the story, and that is of the mock trial of Jesus in the house of the High Priest that night, a blatantly illegal act.
For the next three Sundays the altar wll be telling the story of Jesus arrest and trial, the denial of Peter and standing before Pilate.