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Palm Sunday
Jesus emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in human likeness
Today, as we begin the week we call Holy, we try and put some time aside so as to enter into it as attentively as possible. Palm Sunday begins with a processional Gospel (Luke 19: 28-40) recounting Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem. The disciples are overjoyed and lead the cries of ‘Hosanna’.
Then the Gospel of the Mass itself gives us Luke’s account of Jesus’s Passion and death. Jesus is betrayed and handed over to be crucified.
The prophet Isaiah (First Reading) presents a disciple, the Suffering Servant, often identified with Jesus, who suffers without offering resistance.
The Psalm follows the same theme, echoing elements of the Gospel narrative. But the last verse becomes a hymn of praise to God, who brings victory out of defeat.
Our Second Reading is an ancient liturgical hymn of praise. Here Jesus is presented as one who is divine but humbles himself, in obedience to the Father. He empties himself and accepts death on the cross, and so he is exalted as Lord by all those in heaven and on earth.
Jesus ‘taking the form of a servant’, or of a slave, leads us to consider all those throughout our world who suffer modern forms of slavery. May our prayers and actions in this Jubilee year give them hope and lead to justice.
(With thanks to St Beuno's Outreach)
ARTWORK
The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem
Giotto di Bondone 1304-06, Fresco, 200 x 185 cm
Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua
Easter Triduum 2025

HOLY THURSDAY MASS OF CHRISM
ST ANDREWS CATHERDRAL. 11.A.M.
HOLY THURSDAY MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
7.PM. FOLLOWED BY PROCESSON OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT TO THE HALL. NIGHT PRAYERS. 10.PM.
GOOD FRIDAY SOLEMNITY OF THE LORDS PASSION
& KISSING OF THE CROSS. 3.PM.
GOOD FRIDAY STATONS OF THE CROSS
6.30.PM.
VIGIL OF THE HOLY SATURDAY
9.PM. AFTER SUNSET (NO 5PM VIGIL)
WITH THE RECEPTION OF 3 CANDIDATES INTO HOLY CHURCH.
EASTER DAY
MASSES. 10.A.M. ST MARY'S & 12 NOON ST JOSEPH’S
Pray With the Pope April Intention
For the use of the new technologies.
Let us pray that the use of the new technologies will not replace human relationships, will respect the dignity of the person, and will help us face the crises of our times.
Visit the website of Pray With the Pope

Mass and Confession Times
Sunday Masses
St. Mary’s - Sat Vigil Mass 5pm; 10am
St. Joseph’s - 12 Noon
Weekday Mass
St. Mary’s - Monday – Friday 9.30am
Sacrament of Reconciliation
St. Mary’s - Saturday 4.15 - 4.45pm
(Please note that the Confession box is the one next to sacristy)
St. Joseph’s - Sunday 11.45am
