Sermon for the Palm Sunday – Cycle C Homily

The King on a Pony en route to Die
Palm Sunday (Cycle C) – Lk 19:28-40
 
(Before the Procession)
Today we begin the week of weeks in the liturgical calendar: the Holy Week.  Today we begin the commemoration of the high points in the history of salvation: the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus – the Paschal Mystery.  Today we accompany Jesus on his solemn entry into Jerusalem where he will suffer, die and rise again.  Yet, this day is a day of contradictions.
The King on a Donkey’s Back
In the gospel of Luke Jesus is on this single, long journey that he started from the little village of Nazareth (Lk 4:42-44) to the capital of the Jewish world – Jerusalem.  Now he is almost there nearing his destiny. It is going to be a solemn entry, almost as if a King is about […]

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