Sunday

1 Apr 2012

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SUNDAY SUMMARY

Procession: Mark 11:1-10 or John 12:12-16 Jesus embraces the street theater that awaits his appearance in Jerusalem.

Mass: Isaiah 50:4-7 The faithful servant accepts the price of fidelity.

Psalm 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 The psalmist envisions what the gospels will spell out: the isolation of the just one.

Philippians 2:6-11 By a free choice Jesus assumes human likeness and endures human suffering.

Mark 14:1-15:47 or 15:1-39 Jesus surrenders to the Passion that seems pre-scripted—yet is a story full of choices.

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The inner word

What’s in your heart?

On the Mount of Olives Jesus said three things would happen: His disciples would flee; one of his closest disciples, Peter, would deny knowing him not once but three times; and after his resurrection he would go ahead of his band of followers to Galilee.

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Exploring the word

Minor players, crucial roles

THE GOSPELS ARE not biographies of Jesus. That is most clear during Holy Week, when scripture recounts the Passion in all its brutal details. Nearly one-fourth of the synoptic gospels are devoted to the Passion; when it comes to John, make that one-third.

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Homily stories

King for a day

Jesus was a different kind of messiah. His “triumph” quickly turned into condemnation and execution, and the only sign of royalty in sight was the placard nailed mockingly on his cross.

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Prayers

Penitential Act & Prayer of the Faithful

As our time of accompanying Christ to Easter is nearing its end, let us call upon God’s mercy.

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Homily themes

Notes on the text

The readings for Passion Sunday seem almost like a choosing of sides: Those who understand Jesus go here, while those who don’t go there.

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Sign & sacrament

Have that empty feeling?

When we think of heroes we usually think of those who save people through their use of power or force, those who establish empires, those who dominate the competition—think Superman, Alexander the Great, Michael Jordan.

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Quotes

Faith transforms the earth into a paradise. By it our hearts are raised with the joy of our nearness to heaven. Every moment reveals God to us. —Jean Pierre de Caussade (1675- 1751)

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