There was no Homily this morning during Mass. I don't recall if this is the usual thing, or if Father just wanted to make sure to stay within the "Holy Hour"! I did, however, have another "AHA" moment during Mass.
Since it is Palm Sunday, the Gospel was the reading of the Passion. I have always not preferred to speak the words of the crowd, "Crucify Him!" I've always had a real problem with saying that. Then today, it hit me: We put Him on the cross EVERY.SINGLE.DAY. With things that we say, do, and even our thoughts, we put Him there. No one is perfect, and God knows I'm far from it. Every single human crucifies Him. That was His purpose for becoming human.
Now if I could figure out why it took me 53 years of hearing the Passion to understand it!
How about you? Did you have an "AHA" moment during your service this week? Leave a comment and let me know about it!
I did, Mary! We had a brief homily. Father mentioned that Jesus borrowed a "colt," borrowed a room for the last supper, borrowed Joseph of Arimathea's tomb; He owned nothing. His attention was fully on his purpose and in his final days he released his divinity and became fully human for us. When I say, "Crucify him," I acknowledge my role in the sins of this world.
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