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Catholic Charities USA
Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion
Readings of the Day
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Gathering for the Palm Sunday procession today, we hear about Jesus
drawing near to Jerusalem. It is a joyous time for the Jews who have
come for the Passover celebration: "many spread their garments
on the road, and others spread leafy branches...cry[ing] out,
'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!...Hosanna in
the highest!'" (Mark 11:8a, 9, 10b)
These Jews saw an earthly king, who could restore the throne of David,
save them from their Roman oppressors and fulfill their earthly
desires. "This people honors me with their lips, but their
hearts are far from me" Jesus said in Matthew 15:8, quoting
Isaiah. This people whose joyful cries hailed His entry into Jerusalem
turned against Him only days later with shouts of, "Crucify
Him!...Crucify Him!" (Today's Passion Reading: Mark 15:13,
14).
It is not just the Jews of Jesus' time whose lips say one thing,
and whose fickle hearts speak otherwise. O Lord, my heart is fickle
too. Recognizing the hardness of others' hearts, convicts me. I
tell You I want You to be king of my heart. But, how quickly
thereafter I may say or do something hurtful to, or fail to do
something loving for a difficult client, family member or coworker.
Throughout Lent, God has called me to give Him my stony heart, that He
might transform it into a heart of flesh. How can I truly love God and
neighbor with a heart of stone? Liturgy readings for Lent are filled
with references to the heart, beginning Ash Wednesday: "even
now, says the Lord, return to Me with all your heart...rend your
hearts and not your garments" (Joel 2:12-13). Then before the
Gospel: "O that today you would hearken to His voice! Harden not
your hearts" (Ps 95:7b-8).
Entering the Holiest Week in History, are you discouraged by the
thought that you have not had 'a good Lent'? Perhaps Jesus
is simply asking you to walk with Him this Holy Week and give Him your
desires, your brokenness...your heart. Let Him place your fickle
heart in His pierced heart, to be healed by His precious blood and
water that flow from it on Good Friday and every day.
Through Ezekiel, God tells Israel (and us), "I will sprinkle
clean water upon you, and you shall be clean...A new heart I will
give you...and I will take out of your flesh the heart of stone
and give you a heart of flesh" (Ezekiel 36:25-27a).
May it be done to us, O Lord.
Marilyn Ross is Coordinator for Global Solidarity at the Archdiocese
of Indianapolis.
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