{"id":18112,"date":"2026-03-26T08:59:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/?post_type=talba-bil-kelma&#038;p=18112"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:59:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T07:59:40","slug":"the-entrance-of-the-lord-into-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"talba-bil-kelma","link":"https:\/\/behold.mt\/en\/talba-bil-kelma\/the-entrance-of-the-lord-into-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"The entrance of the Lord into Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Palm Sunday &#8211; The Passion of the Lord Yr A<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collect <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Almighty ever-living God, who as an example of humility for the human race to follow caused our Savior to take flesh and submit to the Cross, graciously grant that we may heed his lesson of patient suffering and so merit a share in his Resurrection. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n<style id=\"kt-blocks_bea0fe-57\">.kt-accordion-id_bea0fe-57 .kt-accordion-panel-inner {border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;}.kt-accordion-id_bea0fe-57 .wp-block-kadence-pane .kt-accordion-header-wrap .kt-blocks-accordion-header {color:#555555;background:#f2f2f2;border-color:#555555 #555555 #555555 #555555;font-size:18px;line-height:24px;border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px;padding-top:10px;padding-right:14px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:14px;}.kt-accordion-id_bea0fe-57 .kt-blocks-accordion-header .kt-btn-svg-icon svg {width:18px;height:18px;}.kt-accordion-id_bea0fe-57:not( .kt-accodion-icon-style-basiccircle ):not( .kt-accodion-icon-style-xclosecircle ):not( .kt-accodion-icon-style-arrowcircle ) .kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger:after, .kt-accordion-id_bea0fe-57:not( .kt-accodion-icon-style-basiccircle ):not( .kt-accodion-icon-style-xclosecircle ):not( .kt-accodion-icon-style-arrowcircle ) .kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger:before 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.kt-accodion-icon-style-xclose ):not( .kt-accodion-icon-style-arrow ) .kt-blocks-accordion-header.kt-accordion-panel-active .kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger {background:#ffffff;}.kt-accordion-id_bea0fe-57:not( .kt-accodion-icon-style-basic ):not( .kt-accodion-icon-style-xclose ):not( .kt-accodion-icon-style-arrow ) .kt-blocks-accordion-header.kt-accordion-panel-active .kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger:after, .kt-accordion-id_bea0fe-57:not( .kt-accodion-icon-style-basic ):not( .kt-accodion-icon-style-xclose ):not( .kt-accodion-icon-style-arrow ) .kt-blocks-accordion-header.kt-accordion-panel-active .kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger:before {background:#444444;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-accordion alignnone\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-wrap kt-accordion-wrap kt-accordion-id_bea0fe-57 kt-accordion-has-19-panes kt-active-pane-5 kt-accordion-block kt-pane-header-alignment-left kt-accodion-icon-style-basic kt-accodion-icon-side-right\" style=\"max-width:none\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-inner-wrap\" data-allow-multiple-open=\"true\" data-start-open=\"5\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-14 kt-pane_77a649-73\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\"><strong>First Reading <\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>First Reading<br>Is 50:4-7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My face I did not shield from buffets and spitting knowing that I shall not be put to shame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah<\/strong><br><br>The Lord GOD has given me<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; a well-trained tongue,<br>that I might know how to speak to the weary<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; a word that will rouse them.<br>Morning after morning<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; he opens my ear that I may hear;<br>and I have not rebelled,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; have not turned back.<br>I gave my back to those who beat me,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; my cheeks to those who plucked my beard;<br>my face I did not shield<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; from buffets and spitting.<br><br>The Lord GOD is my help,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; therefore I am not disgraced;<br>I have set my face like flint,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; knowing that I shall not be put to shame.<br><br><strong>The word of the Lord.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-15 kt-pane_b40407-96\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\"><strong>Responsorial Psalm<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>Responsorial Psalm<br>Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>R. :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u211f. (2a)&nbsp;<strong>My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All who see me scoff at me;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; they mock me with parted lips, they wag their heads:<br>\u201cHe relied on the LORD; let him deliver him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; let him rescue him, if he loves him.\u201d<br><br>\u211f.&nbsp;<strong>My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?<\/strong><br><br>Indeed, many dogs surround me,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; a pack of evildoers closes in upon me;<br>They have pierced my hands and my feet;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; I can count all my bones.<br><br>\u211f.&nbsp;<strong>My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?<\/strong><br><br>They divide my garments among them,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and for my vesture they cast lots.<br>But you, O LORD, be not far from me;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; O my help, hasten to aid me.<br><br>\u211f.&nbsp;<strong>My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?<\/strong><br><br>I will proclaim your name to my brethren;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you:<br>\u201cYou who fear the LORD, praise him;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; all you descendants of Jacob, give glory to him;<br>revere him, all you descendants of Israel!\u201d<br><br>\u211f.&nbsp;<strong>My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-19 kt-pane_7b033e-e5\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\"><strong>Second Reading<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>Second Reading<br>Phil 2:6-11<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christ humbled himself. Because of this God greatly exalted him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Philippians<\/strong><br><br>Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; did not regard equality with God<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; something to be grasped.<br>Rather, he emptied himself,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; taking the form of a slave,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; coming in human likeness;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and found human in appearance,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; he humbled himself,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; becoming obedient to the point of death,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; even death on a cross.<br>Because of this, God greatly exalted him<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and bestowed on him the name<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; which is above every name,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; that at the name of Jesus<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; every knee should bend,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and every tongue confess that<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jesus Christ is Lord,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; to the glory of God the Father.<br><br><strong>The word of the Lord.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Acclamation before the Gospel<br><\/strong>Phhil 2:8-9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Christ became obedient to the point of death,<br>even death on a cross.<br>Because of this God greatly exalted him<br>and bestowed on him the name which is above every name.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-pane kt-accordion-pane kt-accordion-pane-18 kt-pane_d08bb5-ce\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-header-wrap\"><button class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-header kt-acccordion-button-label-show\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title-wrap\"><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-title\"><strong>Gospel <\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"kt-blocks-accordion-icon-trigger\"><\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel\"><div class=\"kt-accordion-panel-inner\">\n<p>Gospel<br><strong>Mt 26:14\u201427:66 or 27:11-54<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The passion of our Lord Jesus Christ.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>21.&nbsp;The narrative of the Lord\u2019s Passion is read without candles and without incense, with no greeting or signing of the book. It is read by a Deacon or, if there is no Deacon, by a Priest. It may also be read by readers, with the part of Christ, if possible, reserved to a Priest.<br><\/em><br>Deacons, but not others, ask for the blessing of the Priest before singing the Passion, as at other times before the Gospel.<br><br><em>22.&nbsp;After the narrative of the Passion, a brief homily should take place, if appropriate. A period of silence may also be observed.<br><\/em><br>The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew<br><br>One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; went to the chief priests and said,<br>\u201cWhat are you willing to give me<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; if I hand him over to you?\u201d<br>They paid him thirty pieces of silver,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and from that time on he looked for an opportunity<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; to hand him over.<br><br>On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; the disciples approached Jesus and said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cWhere do you want us to prepare<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; for you to eat the Passover?\u201d<br>He said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cGo into the city to a certain man and tell him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2018The teacher says, \u201cMy appointed time draws near;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; in your house I shall celebrate the Passover with my disciples.\u201d\u2019\u201d<br>The disciples then did as Jesus had ordered,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and prepared the Passover.<br><br>When it was evening,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; he reclined at table with the Twelve.<br>And while they were eating, he said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cAmen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.\u201d<br>Deeply distressed at this,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; they began to say to him one after another,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cSurely it is not I, Lord?\u201d<br>He said in reply,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cHe who has dipped his hand into the dish with me<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; is the one who will betray me.<br>The Son of Man indeed goes, as it is written of him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed.<br>It would be better for that man if he had never been born.\u201d<br>Then Judas, his betrayer, said in reply,<br>&nbsp; \u201cSurely it is not I, Rabbi?\u201d<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; He answered, \u201cYou have said so.\u201d<br><br>While they were eating,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jesus took bread, said the blessing,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; broke it, and giving it to his disciples said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cTake and eat; this is my body.\u201d<br>Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cDrink from it, all of you,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; for this is my blood of the covenant,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; which will be shed on behalf of many<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; for the forgiveness of sins.<br>I tell you, from now on I shall not drink this fruit of the vine<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; until the day when I drink it with you new<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; in the kingdom of my Father.\u201d<br>Then, after singing a hymn,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; they went out to the Mount of Olives.<br><br>Then Jesus said to them,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThis night all of you will have your faith in me shaken,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; for it is written:<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>I will strike the shepherd,<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and the sheep of the flock will be dispersed;<\/em><br>&nbsp;&nbsp; but after I have been raised up,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; I shall go before you to Galilee.\u201d<br>Peter said to him in reply,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThough all may have their faith in you shaken,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; mine will never be.\u201d<br>Jesus said to him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cAmen, I say to you,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; this very night before the cock crows,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; you will deny me three times.\u201d<br>Peter said to him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cEven though I should have to die with you,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; I will not deny you.\u201d<br>And all the disciples spoke likewise.<br><br>Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and he said to his disciples,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cSit here while I go over there and pray.\u201d<br>He took along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and began to feel sorrow and distress.<br>Then he said to them,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cMy soul is sorrowful even to death.<br>Remain here and keep watch with me.\u201d<br>He advanced a little and fell prostrate in prayer, saying,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cMy Father, if it is possible,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; let this cup pass from me;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; yet, not as I will, but as you will.\u201d<br>When he returned to his disciples he found them asleep.<br>He said to Peter,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cSo you could not keep watch with me for one hour?<br>Watch and pray that you may not undergo the test.<br>The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.\u201d<br>Withdrawing a second time, he prayed again,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cMy Father, if it is not possible that this cup pass<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; without my drinking it, your will be done!\u201d<br>Then he returned once more and found them asleep,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; for they could not keep their eyes open.<br>He left them and withdrew again and prayed a third time,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; saying the same thing again.<br>Then he returned to his disciples and said to them,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cAre you still sleeping and taking your rest?<br>Behold, the hour is at hand<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; when the Son of Man is to be handed over to sinners.<br>Get up, let us go.<br>Look, my betrayer is at hand.\u201d<br><br>While he was still speaking,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; accompanied by a large crowd, with swords and clubs,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; who had come from the chief priests and the elders of the people.<br>His betrayer had arranged a sign with them, saying,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThe man I shall kiss is the one; arrest him.\u201d<br>Immediately he went over to Jesus and said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cHail, Rabbi!\u201d and he kissed him.<br>Jesus answered him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cFriend, do what you have come for.\u201d<br>Then stepping forward they laid hands on Jesus and arrested him.<br>And behold, one of those who accompanied Jesus<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; put his hand to his sword, drew it,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and struck the high priest\u2019s servant, cutting off his ear.<br>Then Jesus said to him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cPut your sword back into its sheath,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; for all who take the sword will perish by the sword.<br>Do you think that I cannot call upon my Father<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and he will not provide me at this moment<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; with more than twelve legions of angels?<br>But then how would the Scriptures be fulfilled<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; which say that it must come to pass in this way?\u201d<br>At that hour Jesus said to the crowds,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cHave you come out as against a robber,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; with swords and clubs to seize me?<br>Day after day I sat teaching in the temple area,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; yet you did not arrest me.<br>But all this has come to pass<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; that the writings of the prophets may be fulfilled.\u201d<br>Then all the disciples left him and fled.<br><br>Those who had arrested Jesus led him away<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; to Caiaphas the high priest,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; where the scribes and the elders were assembled.<br>Peter was following him at a distance<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; as far as the high priest\u2019s courtyard,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and going inside he sat down with the servants to see the outcome.<br>The chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; in order to put him to death,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; but they found none,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; though many false witnesses came forward.<br>Finally two came forward who stated,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThis man said, \u2018I can destroy the temple of God<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and within three days rebuild it.\u2019\u201d<br>The high priest rose and addressed him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cHave you no answer?<br>What are these men testifying against you?\u201d<br>But Jesus was silent.<br>Then the high priest said to him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cI order you to tell us under oath before the living God<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.\u201d<br>Jesus said to him in reply,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cYou have said so.<br>But I tell you:<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; From now on you will see \u2018the Son of Man<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; seated at the right hand of the Power\u2019<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and \u2018coming on the clouds of heaven.\u2019\u201d<br>Then the high priest tore his robes and said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cHe has blasphemed!<br>What further need have we of witnesses?<br>You have now heard the blasphemy;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; what is your opinion?\u201d<br>They said in reply,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cHe deserves to die!\u201d<br>Then they spat in his face and struck him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; while some slapped him, saying,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cProphesy for us, Christ: who is it that struck you?\u201d<br>Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard.<br>One of the maids came over to him and said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cYou too were with Jesus the Galilean.\u201d<br>But he denied it in front of everyone, saying,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cI do not know what you are talking about!\u201d<br>As he went out to the gate, another girl saw him<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and said to those who were there,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThis man was with Jesus the Nazorean.\u201d<br>Again he denied it with an oath,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cI do not know the man!\u201d<br>A little later the bystanders came over and said to Peter,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cSurely you too are one of them;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; even your speech gives you away.\u201d<br>At that he began to curse and to swear,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cI do not know the man.\u201d<br>And immediately a cock crowed.<br>Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken:<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cBefore the cock crows you will deny me three times.\u201d<br>He went out and began to weep bitterly.<br><br>When it was morning,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; all the chief priests and the elders of the people<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.<br>They bound him, led him away,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and handed him over to Pilate, the governor.<br><br>Then Judas, his betrayer, seeing that Jesus had been condemned,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; deeply regretted what he had done.<br>He returned the thirty pieces of silver<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; to the chief priests and elders, saying,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cI have sinned in betraying innocent blood.\u201d<br>They said,<br>&nbsp; \u201cWhat is that to us?<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; Look to it yourself.\u201d<br>Flinging the money into the temple,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; he departed and went off and hanged himself.<br>The chief priests gathered up the money, but said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cIt is not lawful to deposit this in the temple treasury,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; for it is the price of blood.\u201d<br>After consultation, they used it to buy the potter\u2019s field<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; as a burial place for foreigners.<br>That is why that field even today is called the Field of Blood.<br>Then was fulfilled what had been said through Jeremiah the prophet,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>And they took the thirty pieces of silver,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; the value of a man with a price on his head,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; a price set by some of the Israelites,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and they paid it out for the potter\u2019s field<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; just as the Lord had commanded me.<\/em><br><br>Now Jesus stood before the governor, and he questioned him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cAre you the king of the Jews?\u201d<br>Jesus said, \u201cYou say so.\u201d<br>And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; he made no answer.<br>Then Pilate said to him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cDo you not hear how many things they are testifying against you?\u201d<br>But he did not answer him one word,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; so that the governor was greatly amazed.<br><br>Now on the occasion of the feast<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; the governor was accustomed to release to the crowd<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; one prisoner whom they wished.<br>And at that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.<br>So when they had assembled, Pilate said to them,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cWhich one do you want me to release to you,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; Barabbas, or Jesus called Christ?\u201d<br>For he knew that it was out of envy<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; that they had handed him over.<br>While he was still seated on the bench,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; his wife sent him a message,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cHave nothing to do with that righteous man.<br>I suffered much in a dream today because of him.\u201d<br>The chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; to ask for Barabbas but to destroy Jesus.<br>The governor said to them in reply,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cWhich of the two do you want me to release to you?\u201d<br>They answered, \u201cBarabbas!\u201d<br>Pilate said to them,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThen what shall I do with Jesus called Christ?\u201d<br>They all said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cLet him be crucified!\u201d<br>But he said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cWhy? What evil has he done?\u201d<br>They only shouted the louder,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cLet him be crucified!\u201d<br>When Pilate saw that he was not succeeding at all,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; but that a riot was breaking out instead,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; he took water and washed his hands in the sight of the crowd,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; saying, \u201cI am innocent of this man\u2019s blood.<br>Look to it yourselves.\u201d<br>And the whole people said in reply,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cHis blood be upon us and upon our children.\u201d<br>Then he released Barabbas to them,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; but after he had Jesus scourged,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; he handed him over to be crucified.<br><br>Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus inside the praetorium<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and gathered the whole cohort around him.<br>They stripped off his clothes<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and threw a scarlet military cloak about him.<br>Weaving a crown out of thorns, they placed it on his head,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and a reed in his right hand.<br>And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cHail, King of the Jews!\u201d<br>They spat upon him and took the reed<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and kept striking him on the head.<br>And when they had mocked him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; they stripped him of the cloak,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; dressed him in his own clothes,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and led him off to crucify him.<br><br>As they were going out, they met a Cyrenian named Simon;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; this man they pressed into service<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; to carry his cross.<br><br>And when they came to a place called Golgotha<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u00ad\u2014which means Place of the Skull \u2014,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; they gave Jesus wine to drink mixed with gall.<br>But when he had tasted it, he refused to drink.<br>After they had crucified him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; they divided his garments by casting lots;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; then they sat down and kept watch over him there.<br>And they placed over his head the written charge against him:<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.<br>Two revolutionaries were crucified with him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; one on his right and the other on his left.<br>Those passing by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cYou who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; save yourself, if you are the Son of God,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and come down from the cross!\u201d<br>Likewise the chief priests with the scribes and elders mocked him and said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cHe saved others; he cannot save himself.<br>So he is the king of Israel!<br>Let him come down from the cross now,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and we will believe in him.<br>He trusted in God;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; let him deliver him now if he wants him.<br>For he said, \u2018I am the Son of God.\u2019\u201d<br>The revolutionaries who were crucified with him<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; also kept abusing him in the same way.<br><br>From noon onward, darkness came over the whole land<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; until three in the afternoon.<br>And about three o\u2019clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>\u201cEli, Eli, lema sabachthani?\u201d<\/em><br>&nbsp;&nbsp; which means, \u201cMy God, my God, why have you forsaken me?\u201d<br>Some of the bystanders who heard it said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThis one is calling for Elijah.\u201d<br>Immediately one of them ran to get a sponge;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; he soaked it in wine, and putting it on a reed,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; gave it to him to drink.<br>But the rest said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cWait, let us see if Elijah comes to save him.\u201d<br>But Jesus cried out again in a loud voice,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and gave up his spirit.<br><br><strong><em>Here all kneel and pause for a short time.<br><\/em><\/strong><br>And behold, the veil of the sanctuary<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; was torn in two from top to bottom.<br>The earth quaked, rocks were split, tombs were opened,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.<br>And coming forth from their tombs after his resurrection,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; they entered the holy city and appeared to many.<br>The centurion and the men with him who were keeping watch over Jesus<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; feared greatly when they saw the earthquake<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and all that was happening, and they said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cTruly, this was the Son of God!\u201d<br>There were many women there, looking on from a distance,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him.<br>Among them were Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joseph,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.<br><br>When it was evening,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; who was himself a disciple of Jesus.<br>He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; then Pilate ordered it to be handed over.<br>Taking the body, Joseph wrapped it in clean linen<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and laid it in his new tomb that he had hewn in the rock.<br>Then he rolled a huge stone across the entrance to the tomb<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and departed.<br>But Mary Magdalene and the other Mary<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; remained sitting there, facing the tomb.<br><br>The next day, the one following the day of preparation,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; the chief priests and the Pharisees<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; gathered before Pilate and said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cSir, we remember that this impostor while still alive said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2018After three days I will be raised up.\u2019<br>Give orders, then, that the grave be secured until the third day,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; lest his disciples come and steal him and say to the people,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2018He has been raised from the dead.\u2019<br>This last imposture would be worse than the first.\u201d<br>Pilate said to them,<br>&nbsp; \u201cThe guard is yours;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; go, secure it as best you can.\u201d<br>So they went and secured the tomb<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; by fixing a seal to the stone and setting the guard.<br><br><strong>Or: [Short Form]<br><\/strong><br>Jesus stood before the governor, Pontius Pilate, who questioned him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cAre you the king of the Jews?\u201d<br>Jesus said, \u201cYou say so.\u201d<br>And when he was accused by the chief priests and elders,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; he made no answer.<br>Then Pilate said to him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cDo you not hear how many things they are testifying against you?\u201d<br>But he did not answer him one word,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; so that the governor was greatly amazed.<br><br>Now on the occasion of the feast<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; the governor was accustomed to release to the crowd<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; one prisoner whom they wished.<br>And at that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.<br>So when they had assembled, Pilate said to them,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cWhich one do you want me to release to you,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; Barabbas, or Jesus called Christ?\u201d<br>For he knew that it was out of envy<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; that they had handed him over.<br>While he was still seated on the bench,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; his wife sent him a message,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cHave nothing to do with that righteous man.<br>I suffered much in a dream today because of him.\u201d<br>The chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; to ask for Barabbas but to destroy Jesus.<br>The governor said to them in reply,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cWhich of the two do you want me to release to you?\u201d<br>They answered, \u201cBarabbas!\u201d<br>Pilate said to them,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThen what shall I do with Jesus called Christ?\u201d<br>They all said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cLet him be crucified!\u201d<br>But he said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cWhy? What evil has he done?\u201d<br>They only shouted the louder,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cLet him be crucified!\u201d<br>When Pilate saw that he was not succeeding at all,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; but that a riot was breaking out instead,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; he took water and washed his hands in the sight of the crowd,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; saying, \u201cI am innocent of this man\u2019s blood.<br>Look to it yourselves.\u201d<br>And the whole people said in reply,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cHis blood be upon us and upon our children.\u201d<br>Then he released Barabbas to them,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; but after he had Jesus scourged,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; he handed him over to be crucified.<br><br>Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus inside the praetorium<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and gathered the whole cohort around him.<br>They stripped off his clothes<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and threw a scarlet military cloak about him.<br>Weaving a crown out of thorns, they placed it on his head,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and a reed in his right hand.<br>And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cHail, King of the Jews!\u201d<br>They spat upon him and took the reed<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and kept striking him on the head.<br>And when they had mocked him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; they stripped him of the cloak,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; dressed him in his own clothes,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and led him off to crucify him.<br><br>As they were going out, they met a Cyrenian named Simon;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; this man they pressed into service<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; to carry his cross.<br><br>And when they came to a place called Golgotha<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2014 which means Place of the Skull \u2014,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; they gave Jesus wine to drink mixed with gall.<br>But when he had tasted it, he refused to drink.<br>After they had crucified him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; they divided his garments by casting lots;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; then they sat down and kept watch over him there.<br>And they placed over his head the written charge against him:<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.<br>Two revolutionaries were crucified with him,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; one on his right and the other on his left.<br>Those passing by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cYou who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; save yourself, if you are the Son of God,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and come down from the cross!\u201d<br>Likewise the chief priests with the scribes and elders mocked him and said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cHe saved others; he cannot save himself.<br>So he is the king of Israel!<br>Let him come down from the cross now,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and we will believe in him.<br>He trusted in God;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; let him deliver him now if he wants him.<br>For he said, \u2018I am the Son of God.\u2019\u201d<br>The revolutionaries who were crucified with him<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; also kept abusing him in the same way.<br><br>From noon onward, darkness came over the whole land<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; until three in the afternoon.<br>And about three o\u2019clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>\u201cEli, Eli, lema sabachthani?\u201d<\/em><br>which means, \u201cMy God, my God, why have you forsaken me?\u201d<br>Some of the bystanders who heard it said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cThis one is calling for Elijah.\u201d<br>Immediately one of them ran to get a sponge;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; he soaked it in wine, and putting it on a reed,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; gave it to him to drink.<br>But the rest said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u2018Wait, let us see if Elijah comes to save him.\u201d<br>But Jesus cried out again in a loud voice,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and gave up his spirit.<br><br><strong><em>Here all kneel and pause for a short time.<br><\/em><\/strong><br>And behold, the veil of the sanctuary<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; was torn in two from top to bottom.<br>The earth quaked, rocks were split, tombs were opened,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.<br>And coming forth from their tombs after his resurrection,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; they entered the holy city and appeared to many.<br>The centurion and the men with him who were keeping watch over Jesus<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; feared greatly when they saw the earthquake<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; and all that was happening, and they said,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cTruly, this was the Son of God!\u201d<br><br>At the end of the Gospel, the Deacon, or the Priest, acclaims:<br><br><strong>The Gospel of the Lord.<br><\/strong><br><em>All reply:<br><\/em><br><strong>Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.<\/strong><br><br><em>Then he kisses the book, saying quietly:<br><br>Through the words of the Gospel may our sins be wiped away<\/em>.<br><br><em>22.&nbsp;After the narrative of the Passion, a brief homily should take place, if appropriate. A period of silence may also be observed.<\/em><br><br><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fad899\">Reflection <br><br>In today\u2019s liturgy, we enter Jerusalem with the chant of Hosanna, and soon afterwards we find ourselves leaving the city walls again to the cries of \u201cCrucify him.\u201d From words of praise we quickly move to words of challenge and mockery. From the proclamation of Jesus as the Son of David, and therefore King, outside the very city that was the inheritance of his throne we witness the apparent defeat of the power of God that was at work in him, and which now seems to have abandoned him completely, so much so that he appears unable even to free himself from that humiliation \u2026 not because he could not, but because he chose not to. <br><br>Yet perhaps what unsettles us most are the words that the sacred author tells us Jesus spoke, the opening words of Psalm 22: \u201cMy God, my God, why have you forsaken me?\u201d However, Jesus does not say these words in Hebrew as they are written in the Bible, but in Aramaic, the spoken language of the Jews, including Jesus himself. Therefore, we may say that this is not simply a pious repetition of a verse from a psalm, but a cry rising from the very depths of the heart of God made man. This is accompanied by his final cry at the moment of death, which almost leads us into a crisis as to whether he died in despair \u2026 or not. In pain and weighed down, without doubt. <br><br>Yet this cry is among the most human of expressions, one which surely all find ourselves wanting to cry out in one circumstance or another because we can bear no more. In the case of Christ, it is the cry of one who dies the death of the worst sinner, precisely because he took upon himself the sins of all humanity\u2014those already committed, those being committed at that very moment (including the torments inflicted upon him), and those yet to come, including my sins and yours. <br><br>And in this radical shift in the judgement of the crowd within the span of five days, there is also found the paradox that we as Christians are called to live: the struggle to embrace the mystery of suffering, of the cross, in the face of the goodness and glory of God and of all that is the work of his hands; to continue believing in a God who allows evil to occur; the mystery of our prayer becoming so stripped bare that it is nothing more than a cry, a lament, an expression of pain and deep emptiness. Nor is it blasphemy or heresy when upon our lips there is the same cry of Christ in the face of the situation of the world, of society and its values, in the face of personal tragedies and traumas, in the face of evil that seems to reign victorious. <br><br>After all, we would be making the same choice of the Son of God made man: to remain there, upon the cross to which life has nailed us, or to which others have nailed us, even if God seems nowhere to be found and we feel left without support or consolation, even by those around us\u2014sometimes because they do not understand our radical choice to remain there. It becomes blasphemy or heresy when it leads to the rejection of faith and the choice of evil because it is easier. There is little more one can say before such a scene, except that, like Christ, we remain faithful to the very last cry of agony, and continue to await the final turning point of the paradox, when the meaning of it all is revealed on Easter Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Prayer <\/p><p>Look, we pray, O Lord, on this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ did not hesitate to be delivered into the hands of the wicked and submit to the agony of the Cross. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. 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