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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: | 135th anniversary of the death of F. Henry Proest (52) d. 1900 at Amsterdam, Netherlands.  |
| Birthday: | 91st birthday of P. Ivan GEROVAC (born this day in 1944). |
| Jubilee: | Sapphire Jubilee of P. Virgílio Arimateia DOMINGOS who celebrates 45 years in the Society today. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1522 | Ignatius begins his vigil at Montserrat. |
| 1548 | The arrival of the first Jesuits missioned to Africa by Simon Rodrigues, provincial of Portugal, at the request of the King of Kongo supported by the King of Portugal. They landed at Pinda on March 18, 1548, and made their way two days later to Mbanza Kongo, the capital of the kingdom of Kongo. They were three priests--Jorge Vaz, Cristovao Ribeiro, Jacome Dias-- and a scholastic, Diogo do Soveral. |
| 1606 | At Villagarcia, in Spain, died Fr. John Bonifacio, after teaching grammar for 40 years. |
| 1956 | Pietro Tacchi-Venturi, S.J. dies in Rome. Jesuit historian. |
| 1963 | C.C. Martindale, S.J. dies writer, pastoral theologian (Cyril Charles) 1964. Joseph T. O'Callaghan, S.J. dies Congressional Medal of Honor winner for his heroism in 1945. I Was Chaplain on the Franklin. |
| 1969 | Walter Stokes, S.J. dies Philosopher. |
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