CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: Catholic Mass Readings: Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion 4.9.17 – USCCB/NABRV

“… From noon onward, darkness came over the whole land
until three in the afternoon.
And about three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice,
‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’
which means, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ …
* * * Jesus cried out again in a loud voice,
and gave up His Spirit.

[Here all kneel and pause for a short time.]

And behold, the veil of the sanctuary
was torn in two from top to bottom.
The earth quaked, rocks were split, tombs were opened,
and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
And coming forth from their tombs after His Resurrection,
they entered the holy city and appeared to many.
The centurion and the men with him who were keeping watch over Jesus
feared greatly when they saw the earthquake
and all that was happening, and they said,
‘Truly, this was the Son of God!’
There were many women there, looking on from a distance,
who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him.
Among them were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph,
and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. …”