Loved ones grieving the horrific deaths of the 150 people on board a German airliner that crashed into a mountainside in France Tuesday may share the sentiments of the psalmist this Palm Sunday . . .

This Sunday’s gospel centers on preparations for ceremonial meals related to the Passover feast in ancient Israel. Fast forward 2,000 years and many meals prepared in the U.S. . . .

The second reading prefigures the beating inflicted upon Jesus during his Passion with the description from the Book of Isaiah in the first reading, which begins, “I gave my back to those who beat me.” A brutal beating that led to the death of a young woman . . .

During the procession with psalms this Sunday we hear that Jesus chose the most humble form of transportation imaginable—riding into Jerusalem on the back of a mule—to symbolize a kingship that did not depend on power . . .

"I felt a little land locked, getting carted around. I'm getting to know the archdiocese better."

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