Day: April 14, 2019
Entering into Holy Week
Christ became obedient for us unto death, even death on a Cross. (Gospel Acclamation). ⧾ Palm Sunday begins our observance of Holy Week, the Week of Salvation. The reading of the Lord’s Passion marks the beginning of our observances of the great mysteries of our faith and life. We have been preparing for this week[…]
The Salvific Suffering of Christ
A blessed Passion/Palm Sunday to all our readers, a day of great solemnity, wherein we meditate on Christ’s pilgrimage towards His own death, and the stark account of His own suffering and death by crucifixion. This, paradoxically, was also His ‘glory’, for, as we recite in the Stations, it was by His holy cross, that[…]
Providence and a Thief’s Goodness
Last year on Palm Sunday we heard the passion from Saint Mark’s Gospel, and next year it will be from Saint Matthew. Each is different in detail from the other, and that holds for this year too, as we listen to Saint Luke’s account. Typically, Luke emphasizes the compassion of Jesus as when he prayed[…]