Tagged: Palm Sunday

Fr. Bob Hilz, TOR

Friar’s Corner: Praise and exalt Christ our King

Luke 19:28-40; Isaiah 50:4-7; Psalm 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Philippians 2:6-1; Luke 22:1-49 We are finishing our Lenten journey. Now we enter the saddest six days of our church year. Meditating on these events in Christ’s life, meditating on his suffering, death and burial, can make us very sad and depressed. I watched “The Passion of...

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...