Daily Archives: March 15, 2024

Palm Sunday and the Passion Gospels

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Starting tomorrow and up until Wednesday, March 27th, there will be a series of posts that offer a gospel commentary of the two gospels proclaimed on Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion. The full commentary runs 27 pages in length – so, I thought it best to provide in smaller posts with some natural breaks in the narrative providing some guidance. That being said, some of the posts are long. There’s a lot going on in the readings. May the commentaries help you prepare for Holy Week!

For the Sake of the World

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This coming Sunday is the 5th Sunday of Lent.  31 Now is the time of judgment on this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. 32 And when I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself.” 33 He said this indicating the kind of death he would die. 

This unusual mixture of dialogue and monologue seems to come to its point and purpose: “Now is the time of judgment..”  It should echo the words spoken at the end of the dialogue/monologue with Nicodemus in John 3: Continue reading →