Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Year C. - Sunday, April 10, 2022
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Readings for Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Year C.
FIRST READING: Isa 50:4-7
Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24. "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me."
SECOND READING: Phil 2:6-11
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Phil 2:8-9). Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless Glory. Christ became obedient for us, even to death. Dying on the cross. Therefore God raised him on high and gave him a name above all other names.
GOSPEL: Luke 22:14 – 23:56 or 23:1-49
[Image Credit: Shutterstock Licensed. Item ID 151338560 - JERUSALEM - MARCH 24 Palestinian and international Christian pilgrims enter the Lions' Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem in the annual Palm Sunday procession, March 24, 2013. Contributor Ryan Rodrick Beiler]
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Please listen to the audio recordings of the Mass – (Readings, prayers, and homily), for Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Year C. - Sunday, April 10, 2022 by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/faith-hope-and-love-ep-359-palm-sunday-of-the-passion-of-the-lord-year-c-2022
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* (Fr Paul Kelly)
THIS WEEKEND'S GOSPEL - "I come among you as one who serves!"
* Humility, self-emptying service, and sacrifice vs pride and self-serving-self-interest
* Service and leadership by becoming one with, joining in, not being above or beyond.
* Luke's passion account - Jesus healed and forgave, he submitted himself humbly, and suffered for this, and we carry on his name and his work of healing and forgiving.
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During this coming week, it would be wonderful to take the long version of Luke's Gospel and read through it prayerfully and reflectively. There is a lot of richness in this most important text.
Something really strikes me about Luke's Passion account that we have just listened to this weekend….
The enemies of Jesus are liars. They hated his message of love, forgiveness, and inclusion and spent all their time trying to trap Jesus and find something against him. In the end, they could find nothing wrong… so… did they give up? No, they just made up accusations… the things they accuse Jesus of in Luke's Gospel are lies…. Jesus was inciting revolt? No, he wasn't! he was seeking to avoid it. Opposing payment to Caesar, no he didn't! He was rightfully claiming to be the Christ… but to say he was setting himself up as an earthly King to overthrow the earthly leader of this region.. was a distortion, to make Jesus appear like a criminal and a rebel… They were lying through their teeth to convict Jesus,.. but even Pilate, the arbiter of earthly law says… he is not guilty. Roman Law, the secular law of the land, had all the limitations of human law, but even this imperfect legal system found him NOT GUILTY.
When people bring Jesus to the Jewish King Herod, he is completely self-absorbed… he doesn't even listen to what they are saying… he just wants to meet Jesus and get him to do a miracle… it's a shocking sign of leadership that is out of touch, self-serving, and he does not even know what the real issues are…. King Herod is deserving of the rebuff he receives, when, to his utter amazement, Our Lord replies to his question not one word! Jesus says absolutely nothing in reply to Herod's many questions.
Jesus came to forgive, include and welcome… and he is repaid in rejection, dishonesty, and hatred…. He showed the absolute depth of his love by sacrificing everything for us… and this has saved us. We give thanks for Jesus' life and saving death.. and we keep vigil this week as we enter the holiest week of the Church's year… A journey through suffering love… self-forgetting service of others ... true and inspiring leadership......A leadership of love, that goes through death to newness of life…
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References:
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[Image Credit: Shutterstock Licensed. Item ID 151338560 - JERUSALEM - MARCH 24 Palestinian and international Christian pilgrims enter the Lions' Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem in the annual Palm Sunday procession, March 24, 2013. Contributor Ryan Rodrick Beiler]
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Year C. (Sunday, April 10, 2022) (EPISODE: 359)
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (or/ The Lord be with You)
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{{May Our Lord's gift of hope encourage you.}} welcome everyone, we gather - Reflection upon God's word.
my brothers and sisters, to prepare ourselves to celebrate the sacred mysteries, let us call to mind our sins.
Lord Jesus, you are the image of the unseen God: Lord, have mercy.//You are the firstborn of all creation: Christ, have mercy//You are the head of the body, the Church: Lord, have mercy//
May almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.
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Memorial Acclamation
2. When we eat this Bread and drink this Cup, we proclaim your Death, O Lord, until you come again.
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Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24. "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me."
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Phil 2:8-9). Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless Glory. Christ became obedient for us, even to death. Dying on the cross. Therefore God raised him on high, and gave him a name above all other names.
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PREFACE: Sundays Ordinary III
Euch Prayer II
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{I pray this week brings you an ever deeper experience of his compassion and love.}
Go forth, the Mass is ended.
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Further information relating to the audio productions linked to this Blog:
"Faith, Hope and Love - Christian worship and reflection" - Led by Rev Paul Kelly
Prayers and chants — Roman Missal, 3rd edition, © 2010, The International Commission on English in the liturgy. (ICEL)
Scriptures - New Revised Standard Version: © 1989, and 2009 by the NCC-USA. (National Council of Churches of Christ - USA)
"The Psalms" ©1963, 2009, The Grail - Collins publishers.
Prayers of the Faithful - " Together we pray" by Robert Borg'. E.J. Dwyer, Publishers, (1993). (Sydney Australia).
"Quiet Time." Instrumental Reflection music. Written by Paul W Kelly. 1988, 2007. & This arrangement: Stefan Kelk, 2020.
Lenten Hymn: "Have Mercy" inspired by Psalm 50(51). Music by Paul W. Kelly. Arranged and sung, with additional lyrics by Stefan Kelk. 2020.
Sound Engineering and editing - P.W. Kelly.
Microphones: - Shure Motiv MV5 Digital Condenser.
Editing equipment: NCH software - MixPad Multitrack Studio Recording Software
NCH – WavePad Audio Editing Software. Masters Edition v 12.44
Sound Processing: iZotope RX 6 Audio Editor
[Production - KER - 2022]
May God bless and keep you.
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