'Tis Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, the Sixth Sunday of Lent (not, as it was inaccurately & infuriatingly labelled in on the cover of the bulletin & on the screens at Mass today, "Passion Sunday"*): Palm-link & Wikipedia-link Palm Sunday.
Commentary: Wayback Machine. In the Catholic Church, Palm Sunday has never been officially titled "Passion Sunday:" Wikipedia-link Passion Sunday. A certain percentage of Holy Redeemer parishioners have always been suspect of our pastor, whispering darkly that though he's an adult convert—& having been a Protestant minister, his ordination as a priest had to be personally approved by Pope St. John Paul II—he is really still a Protestant at heart. This is vicious hogwash, of course, but days like today don't make refuting that nonsense any easier.
Otherwise, 20 March would be the feast of Saint Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, Bishop, O.S.B. (circa 634-687): Saint-link & Wikipedia-link.
Commentary: Wayback Machine.
'Twould also be the feast of Blessed John of Parma, Priest, O.F.M. (1209-1289): Blessed-link ūnus, Blessed-link duo, & Wikipedia-link.
Scripture of Holy Week
Mass Readings
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter nineteen, verses twenty-eight thru forty-two;
The Book of Isaiah, chapter fifty, verses four thru seven;
Psalm Twenty-two, verses eight, nine, seventeen thru twenty, twenty-three, & twenty-four;
The Letter to the Philippians, chapter two, verses six thru eleven;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter twenty-two, verse fourteen thru chapter twenty-three, verse fifty-six;
(or, the Gospel according to Luke, chapter twenty-three, verses one thru forty-nine).
3 comments:
Some one should have told Pope St. John Paul II that it isn't also called Passion Sunday. http://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/homilies/2002/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_20020324_palm-sunday.html.
Maybe that is who father got it from?
Even in this example, St. John Paul gave the name Palm Sunday precedence, saying "Palm, or Passion, Sunday."
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