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; Mark 14:1-15:47 or 15:1-39.
At the procession: [37] Mk 11:1-10 or Jn 12:12-16.
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.
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:
18th anniversary of the death of P. Wolfgang Thamm (SAP) (91) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1823
The Holy See empowers Georgetown University to confer ecclesiastical degrees in philosophy and theology.
1848
At Rome the fathers and scholastics of the Roman College, the Gesu, S. Andrea, and S. Eusebio, were dispersed by the Revolution.
1934
The Pontifical College, Pio-Brazil, is founded in Rome and entrusted to the Society.
1984
Karl Rahner, S.J. dies theologian, age 80.
2005
John O’Donnell, S.J. dies age 60. Theologian, Dean of the Faculty of Theology at the Gregorian University.
