CATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Passiontide Chronology: Wednesday of Holy Week”- Archdiocese of Washington/Msgr. Charles Pope
“… the Lord is fulfilling Passover. The priests and elders can plan all they want, but God is in control. …”
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CATHOLIC FAITHWATCH: “[‘The Gospel … takes us to Bethany, where … Lazarus, Martha and Mary were giving a supper for the Teacher’] Homily Of His Holiness Benedict XVI: Eucharistic Celebration On the Fifth Anniversary of the Death of the Servant Of God John Paul II” – VaticanVa 3.29.10
“The Gospel … takes us to Bethany, where … Lazarus, Martha and Mary were giving a supper for the Teacher …. This banquet in the house of Jesus’ three friends was marked by presentiments of his imminent death: the six days before Easter, the suggestion of Judas, the traitor, Jesus’ answer that calls to mind one of the devout burial
» Read moreCATHOLIC 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
“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
» Read moreCATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “See What the End Shall Be – Palm Sunday”- Archdiocese of Washington/Msgr. Charles Pope
“… 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. …”
» Read moreCATHOLIC MUSIC VIDEO: “O Sacred Head Surrounded”
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,
» Read moreCATHOLIC MUSIC VIDEO: “All Glory Laud and Honor”
“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,
» Read moreCATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Archbishop Chaput: The Triduum and Easter 2017” – Catholic Philly/Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.
“… This year and every year, Holy Week is a time to remember that, as the late Cardinal Augustin Mayer once said, ‘nothing great is ever achieved without suffering.’ Discipleship always has a cost. No Christian ever lives the Gospel without eventually encountering the cross. …”
» Read moreVIDEO: Catholic TV Mass Readings and Homily: Monday of Holy Week 4.10.17 – EWTN (Alabama)
Catholic TV Mass Readings and Homily for Monday of Holy Week, April 10, 2017, from EWTN in Alabama. [Click here for Mass Readings]
» Read moreCATHOLIC 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
“… 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.
» Read moreCATHOLIC FAITHLINK: “Homily of Saint John Paul II, Palm Sunday, 28 March 1999”
“… 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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