Blessed is He Who Comes in the Name of the Lord, Hosanna in the Highest

Date: April 14, 2014
By: Thomas Mark

This past Sunday during Palm Sunday Mass, Bishop Malloy reflected on the narrative of Christ’s Passion and Death and reminded us that “the joy of the Messiah, the joy of salvation cannot come without the suffering of Christ”. Bishop said that while this week begins with a festive procession of welcome and praise of Jesus, it also recalls the mystery of the Lord’s death and resurrection of Holy Week.

One of the central points of the Passion of the Lord is to remember that we too are sinners and bear a responsibility like the crowds who chose the criminal Barabas over Jesus. “Who of us cannot, having participated in this reading of the Passion, have some thought and some reflection about our own sinfulness that contributed to this and continues to ratify the very need for Jesus to have gone to the Cross to bring the world back to bring the world to Himself?” Bishop Malloy asked. “Isn’t that underscored for us when we read that part and they say he deserves death, let Christ be crucified and we stand with the crowds who called out.”