Today we hear the longest Gospel of the year, but in her wisdom, the Church leaves explicit instructions to the preacher that he should only give a brief homily.[1] How then is a priest supposed to summarize the whole story of Holy Week briefly? Well of course that’s not possible and fortunately it’s not… Continue reading Palm Sunday Year A
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Palm Sunday Year A
Today’s Gospel recalls that Jesus walked into the city of Jerusalem as people waved palms at Him and praised Him as a king. 5 days later many of those same people turned around and demanded that He be crucified as a criminal. While this story took place over 2,000 years ago halfway around the… Continue reading Palm Sunday Year A
Palm Sunday 2016
St. Luke organizes his entire Gospel around Jesus pilgrimage to Jerusalem, reminding his reader that the whole goal of Jesus’ life on earth was to go to Jerusalem to suffer, die and rise from the dead so that you and I could be lead from the slavery of sin into… Continue reading Palm Sunday 2016
