Matthew 26:14-27:66, Palm Sunday Two years ago, when my kuya called from Davao to tell me that our mom was rushed to the ICU, I hurried home. I was used to visiting patients in the ICU—like parents of friends, strangers I had anointed, priests. But nothing really prepared you for when your own mom was…
Day: April 9, 2017
Wearing Eight Clothes – Willy Samson, SJ
Matthew 26:14-27:66 Today is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week – the summit of Lent. On this week, we remember the greatest expression of God’s love for us – Jesus dying on the cross for us, because of our sinfulness and unfaithfulness. To meaningfully commemorate the Holy Week and gain profit from this weeklong…
Divine Silence – Oliver Dy, SJ
Matthew 26:14-27:66, Palm Sunday Holy Week brings into focus that paradoxical interplay between noise and silence that make up the drama of human tragedy. The Gospel read every Palm Sunday provides the overview of the final moments of the life of Jesus that we are by now familiar with. He is cheered on by the…
One Lost Sheep 