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red | Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion. |
| | Mass of Palm Sunday. Commemoration of Lord's Entrance into Jerusalem, Creed, Preface of Palm Sunday. |
| | [38] Isa 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Matt 26:14-27:66 or 27:11-54. |
| | At the procession: [37] Matt 21:1-11. |
| | Hours of Palm Sunday. |
| | The Commemoration of the Lord's Entrance may take one of three forms, as described in the Missal: Blessing and Procession, Solemn Entrance, or Simple Entrance. The processional cross should be suitably decorated. The blessing of palms may not be celebrated without the following procession and Mass. The blessing and solemn entrance, but not the procession, may be celebrated at a second Mass if many of the faithful are present. |
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The Passion may be read by three deacons, or lay readers with the priest taking the part of Christ, without candles, incense, greeting, signs of the cross or acclamation. At the mention of the Lord's death, all pause and kneel. Where pastoral reasons require it, one or both of the readings before the Passion may be omitted.
At the end of the Passion, The Gospel of the Lord, is said, but the book is not kissed.
Blessed palms remaining are kept, to be burnt for next year's ashes. | |
| Anniversary: | 61st anniversary of the death of P. Daniel Meagher (69) d. 1980 at Nairobi, Kenya.  |
| Anniversary: | 40th anniversary of the death of P. Raymond Lawler (HIB) (80) d. 2001 at Clongowes, Ireland. |
| Anniversary: | 38th anniversary of the death of P. Gregory Croft (83) d. 2003 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Birthday: | 105th birthday of P. Peter HENRIOT (born this day in 1936). |
| Birthday: | 68th birthday of P. Afonso Inácio MUCANE (born this day in 1973). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1618 | St. John Berchman's father is ordained a priest; John himself was still a Novice. |
| 1792 | The death of Maximilian Hell at Vienna. He was an astronomer who directed the royal observatory for 36 years. |
| 1931 | Professed House in Madrid is set on fire, including the relics of St.Francis Borgia. Persecution against the Society. |
| 1984 | Joseph E. O'Neill, S.J. dies. For 20 years, he edited Thought magazine. |
| 1989 | Dominic Pandolfo, S.J. dies Brother, doorkeeper at St. Andrew-on-Hudson novitiate for many years. |
| 1992 | The death of Marshall Moran, S.J., aged 85. He was the first Catholic priest allowed into Nepal in modern times. He founded St. Xavier School for Boys. |
| 2015 | Death of Cardinal Roberto Tucci, age 93. Communications expert, With Vatican Radio, etc. |
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