March 28 2010 Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
Procession With Palms
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The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ According to Saint Luke 19:28-40
Haydock New Testament
And having said these things, he went before going up to Jerusalem. And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethania, at the mountain called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples, Saying:
Go ye into the town, which is over against you; entering into it, you shall find the colt of an ass tied, on which no man ever sat: loose him, and bring him hither. And if any man shall ask you: Why do you loose him? You shall say thus unto him: Because the Lord hath need of his service.
And they that were sent went their way, and found the colt standing, as he had said to them. And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said to them:
Why loose you the colt?
But they said:
Because the Lord hath need of him.
And they brought him to Jesus. And casting their garments on the colt, they set Jesus thereon. And as he went, they spread their clothes underneath in the way. And when he was now coming near the descent of Mount Olivet, the whole multitude of his disciples began with joy to praise God with a loud voice, for all the mighty works they had seen, Saying:
Blessed is he who cometh king in the name of the Lord, peace in heaven, and glory on high.
And some of the Pharisees, from amongst the multitude, said to him: Master, rebuke thy disciples. And he said to them:
I tell you, that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.
Haydock Commentary Luke 19:28-40
Notes Copied From Haydock Commentary Site
- Ver. 34. It may here be asked, how the owners of the colt knew who the Lord was, of whom the disciples spoke? It may be answered, that perhaps they had already heard that Jesus of Nazareth, who the Jews thought was to be their temporal king, was coming about that time to Jerusalem, and that they saw from their dress, or other external marks, that they were the disciples of Jesus. Dionysius.
- Ver. 40. The stones. This is a proverb, as if he had said: God has resolved to glorify me this day, in order to fulfil the prophecies. Nothing can hinder the execution of his decrees; if men were silent, he would make even the stones to speak. Calmet. — At the crucifixion of our Redeemer, when his friends were silent through fear, the very stones and rocks spoke in his defence. Immediately after he expired, the earth was moved, the rocks split, and the monuments of the dead opened. V. Bede. — Nor is it any wonder if, contrary to nature, the rocks bespeak the praises of the Lord, since he was even praised by a multitude, much more insensible than the rocks themselves, in crucifying him only a few days after, whom they now salute with Hosannahs of joy. S. Ambrose.
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