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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; 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. |
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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: | 176th anniversary of the death of F. Thomas Morley (44) d. 1923 at Kutama, S. Rhodesia.  |
| Anniversary: | 149th anniversary of the death of F. Stephen Buran (49) d. 1950 at Kabwe, N. Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 116th anniversary of the death of P. Bernard Latchford (77) d. 1983 at London, England. |
| Anniversary: | 87th anniversary of the death of P. Bernard Parkin (90) d. 2012 at London, England. |
| Birthday: | 118th birthday of P. Edson HAMBAYI (born this day in 1981). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1635 | Louis Lallemant, S.J. dies influential writer and spiritual teacher. 1737. Pope Clement XII adds Regis to the list of saints. |
| 1737 | The canonization of St. John Francis Regis by Pope Clement XII. |
| 1850 | The first edition of Jesuit newspaper, Civilta Cattolica appears 1904. George Pettit, S.J. is appointed novice director of the New York-Maryland Province, and serves until 1917. |
| 1945 | Augustin Merk, S.J. dies New Testament editor. N.T. Graece et Latine. He was also confessor to Pius XII. |
| 1990 | Virgil Blum, S.J. dies age 77. Strong advocate of government aid to education. |
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