Palm Sunday – New Mind and Heart

Message: We need a new mind and heart to see the reality of Jesus and his…

Palm Sunday – Don’t Keep the Secret

(This is a brief homily for after the Proclamation of the Passion. In my parish I…

Palm Sunday

A bishop reports that logos for McDonald’s, Shell Oil, and the Olympics are better recognized throughout…

Palm Sunday

Jesus knew about the possibility of a violent end. He was not naïve. He knew the…

Palm Sunday – IDENTIFIED WITH THE VICTIMS

Neither the power of Rome nor the Temple authorities were willing to let Jesus’ movement continue.…

Palm Sunday – The Passion of Jesus shows us up as sinners and heals us

Who would have thought that the crowd which welcomed Jesus with such enthusiasm during his entry…

Palm Sunday – FIRST IMPRESSIONS   I

Jesus was not the first to enter Jerusalem with fanfare and ecstatic greetings. Judas Maccabeus, returning…

Palm Sunday

I think you’re so familiar with Footprints in the Sand written by Mary Stevenson. It goes this way:…

Palm Sunday

WE SHOULD SEE this week as one unit, summed up under the phrase “Paschal Mystery”. It…

Palm Sunday – Jesus, a Man, not a Superman

Introduction The cross was the most cruel and horrible instrument of punishments. It was the capital…