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April 2028

9 Sunday
  redPalm 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; Luke 22:14-23:56 or 23:1-49;
 At the procession: [37] Luke 19:28-40.
 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:45th anniversary of the death of P. Alfons Pollet (51) d. 1983 at London, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:38th anniversary of the death of P. John Carroll (NEN) (67) d. 1990 at Likuni, Malawi. Read Obituary
Birthday:56th birthday of P. Rampeoane HLOBO (born this day in 1972).
Birthday:94th birthday of P. Emmanuel KUJUR (born this day in 1934).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1553Ignatius sends Jerome Nadal as Commissary into Spain to publish the Constitutions.
1615William Weston, S.J. dies at Valladolid.
1879Angelo M. Paresci, S.J. dies at Woodstock. He was the founder and first Rector of Woodstock College.
1905The amputation of the right arm of Fr. General Luis Martin.
1913Pope St. Pius X spoke his praises of the Apostleship of Prayer. It counted 25 million members. The periodical The Messenger of the Sacred Heart appears in 42 editions in more than 20 languages.
1934Aloysius Pieris, S.J. born. Sri Lanka theologian.
1998John Coventry, S.J. dies Provincial, theologian, writer, of Great Britain.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2028

Dominical Letter  b A
Golden Number  15
Epact  iii
Solar Cycle 21
Letter of the Martyrology c
Roman Year of Indiction 6
Julian Period Year 6741
Years since the confirmation of the Society 488
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  472
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 7
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 16 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    16 April