Holy Week offers a powerful way to understand the Sermon on the Mount—not simply as a collection of teachings, but as a way of life that Jesus himself embodied. From Palm Sunday through the crucifixion and resurrection, Jesus models the Beatitudes through humility, mourning, mercy, peacemaking, justice, nonviolence, and solidarity with the oppressed. In this video, we explore how Jesus lived the Sermon on the Mount during Holy Week, showing that his teachings were not abstract ideals but a radical way of living in the kingdom of God.

The events of Holy Week reveal what it means to follow Jesus in a world shaped by political and religious power. Jesus refuses violence in Gethsemane, weeps over Jerusalem, confronts injustice, submits to suffering, extends mercy, and ultimately gives his life on the cross. Yet the story does not end with death: the cruciform life leads to resurrection. This session considers how the Beatitudes, the Sermon on the Mount, and the kingdom of God come together in Jesus’ life—and what it means for his followers to take up their cross and embody that same way of peace, justice, mercy, and love.