Category: Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion

CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Saint Andrew of Crete: “[‘Hosanna! Blessed is He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord, the King of Israel!’]; Sermon for Palm Sunday; PG 97, 1002” – DailyGospel.org

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Cross Atop Rocky Cliff

“Have courage, daughter of Zion, do not be afraid. ‘Behold, your king comes to you, humble and mounted on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden’ (Zec 9:9). He is coming who is everywhere present and pervades all things; he is coming to achieve in you his work of universal salvation. He is coming ‘who came to call to repentance not the righteous but sinners’ (Lk 5:32), coming to recall those who have strayed into sin. Do not be afraid, then: ‘God is in the midst of you, and you shall not be shaken’ (Ps 46[45]:6) Receive him with open, outstretched hands, for it was on his own hands that he sketched you. Receive him who laid your foundations on the palms of his hands. Receive him, for he took upon himself all that belongs to us except sin, to consume what is ours in what is his… Rejoice exceedingly, daughter of Jerusalem, sing and leap for joy… ‘Be enlightened, for the light has come to you and the glory of the Lord has risen over you’ (Is 60:1). …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “See What the End Shall Be – Palm Sunday”- Archdiocese of Washington/Msgr. Charles Pope

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Jesus Carries the Cross, adapted from image at loc.gov

“… As we read the Passion we must understand that this is not merely an account of the behavior of people long gone, this is a portrait of you and me; we do these things. …”

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CATHOLIC MUSIC VIDEO: “O Sacred Head Surrounded”

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Jesus Carries the Cross, adapted from image at loc.gov

O Sacred Head, surrounded
by crown of piercing thorn!
O Bleeding Head, so wounded,
reviled and put to scorn!
Our sins have marred the glory
of Thy Most Holy Face,
yet Angel Hosts adore thee
and tremble as they gaze
[lyrics continue below video]

I see thy strength and vigor
all fading in the strife,
and death with cruel rigor,
bereaving thee of life;
O agony and dying!
O love to sinners free!
Jesus, all grace supplying,
O turn thy face on me.

In this thy bitter passion,
Good Shepherd, think of me
with thy most sweet compassion,
unworthy though I be:
beneath thy cross abiding
for ever would I rest,
in thy dear love confiding,
and with thy presence blest.

From a medieval Latin hymn attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux of the 12th century.

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CATHOLIC MUSIC VIDEO: “All Glory Laud and Honor”

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Interior of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University oif Notre Dame, Copyright Steven C. Welsh

“All Glory Laud and Honor,” by Saint Theodulph ca. 9th century, translated by John Mason Neale, 1851, sung at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame.

All glory, laud, and honor
to you, Redeemer, King,
to whom the lips of children
made sweet hosannas ring.
You are the King of Israel
and David’s royal Son,
now in the Lord’s name coming,
the King and Blessed One.

The company of angels
is praising you on high;
and we with all creation
in chorus make reply.
The people of the Hebrews
with palms before you went;
our praise and prayer and anthems
before you we present.

The people of the Hebrews
With palms before You went;
Our prayer and praise and anthems
Before You we present.

To You, before Your passion,
They sang their hymns of praise;
To You, now high exalted,
Our melody we raise.

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Sermon for Palm Sunday”/”Blessed is he who comes in the Name of the Lord” – Blessed Guerric of Igny (c.1080-1157), Cistercian abbot

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“… If we consider today’s procession and the Passion together, we see Jesus sublime and glorious on one hand,  and humiliated and suffering on the other. For in the procession he receives royal honors and in the Passion he is mortified as a criminal. … Lord Jesus, whether your face be glorious or humiliated, we always see wisdom shining in it. On your face shines the refulgence of eternal light …. O Lord, may your light, the light of your face (Ps 4:7), always shine upon us, in sorrow as in happiness… You are joy and salvation for all, both when you ride on a donkey and when you hang from a cross.”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Homily of Saint John Paul II, Palm Sunday, 28 March 1999”

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Saint Pope John Paul II file photo, adapted from image at archives.gov

“… Yes! #Jesus #Christ is Lord! He is the Lord of time and history, the Redeemer and the Saviour of man. Blessed be he who comes in the name of the Lord! #Hosanna! …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “See What the End Shall Be – Palm Sunday” – Archdiocese of Washington/ Msgr. Charles Pope

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Cross Atop Rocky Cliff

“… The usual villains (the Temple leaders, Judas, and the recruited crowd shouting, ‘Crucify him!’) are unambiguously wicked and display their sinfulness openly; but there are others involved whose struggles and neglectfulness, though more subtle, are no less real. It is in examining these figures that we can learn a great deal about ourselves. Although we may not openly shout, ‘Crucify him,’ we are often not as unambiguously holy and heroic as Jesus’ persecutors are wicked and bold. As we read the Passion, we must understand that this is not merely an account of the behavior of people long gone. This is a portrait of you and me; we do these things. …”

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CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI: CELEBRATION OF PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF OUR LORD 2011”

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View of St. Peter's Basilica at Vatican from River

“… We are on pilgrimage with the Lord to the heights. We are striving for pure hearts and clean hands, we are seeking truth, we are seeking the face of God. Let us show the Lord that we desire to be righteous, and let us ask him: Draw us upwards! Make us pure! Grant that the words which we sang in the processional psalm may also hold true for us; grant that we may be part of the generation which seeks God, ‘which seeks Your Face, O God of Jacob’ (cf. Ps 24:6). Amen.”

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