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Mount Olivet and meet Christ as he returns today from
Bethany and advances of his own free choice to his
Passion, thus completing the mystery of our salvation.
For he comes freely to Jerusalem as he once came from
heaven in order to exalt us with himself. But he does not
come with pomp and circumstance, like a man ascending a
throne: He shall not dispute or shout aloud, nor shall
anyone hear his voice upraised. He is meek and
humble, and goes poorly clad. Therefore, let us now devote ourselves to the Passion mystery and imitate those who went to meet him. Ours is not to strew the way with palms but with ourselves, humbled in spirit, upright in mind and will. Thus we shall receive the Word when he comes, and shall have God for our Guest. |
The Word rejoices to come to us as our familiar friend and to draw us to himself. He has indeed ascended beyond the heavens and entered into the glory of his Godhead, but his love for mankind does not permit him to depart from us, for he seeks to make us sharers of his exaltation. Let us put on his grace, then, or, rather, his very self: As many of you as have been baptized in Christ, have put on Christ.. Then we can make of ourselves a path for his feet to tread, and shout each day what the children sang: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord: the King of Israel. -- St. Andrew of Crete |
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Palm Sunday
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Holy Thursday Eucharistic hymn written by St. Thomas Aquinas
Taken from The Liturgical Year by Abbot Gueranger
An explanation of the Mass of Holy Thursday taken from The Liturgical Year by Abbot Gueranger
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Medical explanation of the sufferings of Christ which appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association From the Greek liturgy of Good Friday |
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