I love this quote from Benedictine Sister Joan Chittister: “(On Palm Sunday, we commemorate the fact that the people of Jerusalem welcomed Jesus with open arms. He was, for all intents and purposes, a great public success. His Word was heard. His ministry was achieved. One week later, these same people turned him over to crucifixion or watched silently while others did it. It happens to everyone. On the Palm Sundays of life, we have to learn to enjoy them without expecting them to last. It isn’t Palm Sunday that’s important. What’s important is that we pour out our lives like oil for others.
As we celebrate Palm Sunday this weekend, we now enter Holy Week. I remember that when I was at St James in Tupelo, a man about my age was serving as a sponsor for one of the RCIA candidates. We we were talking about Holy Week at our RCIA right after Easter, this man was commenting that although he had been a lifelong Catholic and very devout in his and had grown up right there at St James, this was the first year he attended the Good Friday liturgy. He was amazed at how beautiful the Good Friday liturgy was. I want to encourage you to come to our liturgies during Holy Week: Holy Thursday and Good Friday at 7:00 pm, Easter Vigil on Saturday at 8:00 pm, and our regular mass schedule on Easter Sunday. We also will have a Stations of the Cross at noon on Good Friday. Blessings to all of you as we commemorate Holy Week in our faith community here at St Jude with our brothers and sisters in Christ throughout the world.
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