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Friar’s Corner: Israel welcomes Jesus Christ as King and Messiah on Palm Sunday

Friar’s Corner: Israel welcomes Jesus Christ as King and Messiah on Palm Sunday

by Fr. Bob Hilz Isaiah 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24); Philippians 2:6-11; Luke 23:1-49 The Liturgy is so rushed and full of meaning. We remember Jesus Christ’s triumphal entry through the Golden Gate into God’s temple in Jerusalem on that first Palm Sunday. Its significance is often overlooked because of the sad reading of the...