My Dear Parishioners;
Today we journey with the Lord into the City of Jerusalem. The blessed palm
branches remind us of that triumphant entry but also of His desire to enter our
minds and hearts. Today’s liturgy begins with a festive air as “the children of
the Hebrews bearing olive branches go to meet the Lord crying ‘Hosanna in the
highest’.” How somberly it concludes after a reading of the Lord’s Passion. How
fast the mood changes! Jesus in short time experiences the love and joy of His
people; yet in the same liturgy we express the other side of the human
situation; betrayal, rejection, and the physical sufferings that seems to
conclude in death. In our own lives, we often suffer many elements of the Lord’s
Passion.
Jesus is the human face of God and therefore His death indicates God’s unbounded
love for us, even to dying for us! Yet Jesus’ death will not be the final
chapter of His life, Jesus gave His life so that we might receive Life.
Consequently we conduct our lives so as to identify fully with Him in the Great
Mystery that we celebrate next Saturday evening at the Easter Vigil. Though
human suffering is real, it does not have the last word. Through Christ, the
Master of life offers us a share in His life. The next few days focus us on the
most intimate mysteries of faith.
Let us pray that these sacred days enrich our faith and restore our souls as we
journey with Jesus through Holy Week to the Glory of Easter Sunday.
Monsignor John A. McGuirl | 
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