Five Ways to Live the Liturgy through the Readings during Holy Week Reply

For me the most beautiful liturgical time of the year has always been Holy Week. Through the readings at daily Mass I can relive the unfolding drama of Christ’s Passion leading up to the climax of the Cross. Then after pondering those events in my heart outside the tomb on Holy Saturday, I awaken with deeper joy at the Resurrection on Easter Sunday.

Every year, although it’s the same story, I find myself accompanying Christ differently, depending on where I am in my own journey at the time, and how God speaks to me through the liturgy. I find he never stops speaking to me and revealing himself to me in different ways. This year, with the circumstances we’re living, I’m expecting Christ to reveal something great, More…

Christ’s Humble Entrance into Jerusalem 6

Say to daughter Zion, “Behold, your king comes to you, meek and riding on an ass, and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.”

There are at least 2 contradictions in the readings for Palm Sunday. The first is blatant, the second gets overlooked. More…

Every Tongue Shall Confess That Jesus Christ Is Lord 13

Palm Sunday, The Passion of the Lord

Hosanna!

“With face set like flint,” this Sunday’s first reading tells us (Isaiah 50:7), Jesus approaches the moment of his Passion in Jerusalem. More…

Three Things You Should Know about Palm Sunday Reply

Short video for your Palm Sunday reflection (From Br Jaime Lorenzo):

Important Notice: More…

Jesus in the Garden: Learning from Jesus How to Use Our Will Properly Reply

Not my will, but Thine be done!

Today, Palm Sunday, we begin Holy Week. Jesus’ solemn entrance into Jerusalem is not a chance event with an unexpected outcome. More…

Palm Sunday: Short Film Reply

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Palm Sunday: “Hosanna!” “Crucify Him!” A Contradiction? 1

The Palm Sunday Liturgy opens Holy Week with two expressions:

First, “Hosanna,” which is sung at the beginning of Mass (beautifully done here by the Monks of Solesmes): More…