Holy Week begins. The Roman Station is at Rome’s cathedral St. John Lateran.
Fr. Parsch, wisely, makes a point I’ve been making for years: our liturgical rites are not mere memories of past events. They make us present to the mysteries past … and future.
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since Sat., 25 Nov. 2006:
re: Parsh: Would it be correct to say that the sacred mysteries allow us to participate in the original event?
Fr. Z, love your blog. I can’t find the answer to this question. Why is the Passion of our Lord read during Palm Sunday? Is it an old tradition? It seems strange that we celebrate the entry into Jerusalem and also read the Passion during the same Mass. Pax, Ken