John Foley, SJ
Jesus enters the city Jerusalem as a king would. He rides on a colt—an animal used for the entrance of royalty into a city.
Ron Rolheiser
The Cross as Revealing the Inner Life of God
The cross, then, is the ultimate icon, the real depiction of the Holy. It shows us God’s heart, the inner life of the Trinity.
Eleonore Stump
Where is that divinely promised, everlasting righteous kingship of the Davidic line? What is there, after all, to yell “hosanna” about?
Larry
Gillick, SJ
Each conversation Jesus has, each action of his, each event of denial or injury, speaks the same reality.
Gerald Darring
Today’s liturgy teaches us “to welcome our suffering,” to bear witness to God by following Christ’s example of suffering.
Anne Osdieck
Jesus endured the sense of being abandoned by the one he loved most, his Abba. He chose to experience all of humanity’s worst suffering. What does this tell us?