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Spirituality of the Readings

John Foley, S. J.

King? Really?

This Sunday is called “Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.” Notice, there are two halves to it, palms and passion.

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In Exile

Ron Rolheiser, OMI

The Humiliation of Crucifixion

When Jesus sweated blood in the Garden of Gethsemane and asked his Father to let the cup of suffering pass him by he wasn't, for the most part, cringing before the prospect of brute physical suffering...

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Student Reflections

Anusia Dickow

My Name is Peter

Not really. But this year, when I was reading the Passion narrative, I was especially struck by Peter.

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Glancing Thoughts

Eleonore Stump


The Small Things

I want to ask about the donkey. It’s not Jesus’ donkey. How did he get it?

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The Perspective of Justice

Gerald Darring

Making Peace Possible

An ancient tradition says that Jerusalem means City of Peace. Through the centuries Jerusalem has been anything but a city of peace.

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Discussion Questions

Anne Osdieck

Name some people who have spoken on God’s behalf and have “set their faces like flint”

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A Poem
to Sit With

J. Janda

Blessings

blessed be the shy
blessed be the gentle
blessed be the meek
blessed be the mild
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