By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--April 5, 2020
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Something ravenous world globalists can never change: Palm Sunday 2020 with people the world over not just staying at home, but PRAYING at home.
Tragically true: For the first time in history, all churches will remain closed during Holy Week.
Holy Week 2020 begins with Pope Francis—who apparently no longer lays claim to being Vicar of Christ—celebrating Palm Sunday Mass in an empty Vatican church:
“In the latest Vatican yearbook, the Annuario Pontificio, the title “Vicar of Christ” does not appear on the listing for Pope Francis.(Catholic Culture, April 3, 2020)
“In the 2020 edition of the Annuario, the page devoted to Pope Francis is headed simply by his name: Jorge Maria Bergoglio.
“ Past editions have always been headed by the titles accorded to the Pope, beginning with “Vicar of Jesus Christ.” Other titles have been “Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman province, Sovereign of the Vatican City-State.” In the 2020 edition, these titles appear at the bottom of the page devoted to Pope Francis, identified only as “historical” titles. “Such a change would undoubtedly have required the approval of the Pontiff.”It’s Palm Sunday in ‘The Time of Coronavirus’ and donkeys are renting the air with loud braying. The braying of globalist donkeys defiantly attempts to celebrate the cancellation of something impossible to cancel: Easter Sunday. When COVID-19 passes—and it will, because ALL THINGS ARE PASSING—untold legions of Christians and their undying belief in the Almighty, will still be there. Someday in the distant future historians will write that the year 2020 was the one when ‘Easter Came Home’. Brick and mortar churches, reassuring as they have been, are not the only places to pray during Holy Week.
“First, he sent some of his apostles to borrow a donkey from an acquaintance. This probably struck them as odd. They had gone into Jerusalem many time before, always on foot. Why the donkey now? “But even before getting into the city, they had to cross the brow of the Mount of Olives, a hill to the east of the city, to contemplate the beautiful view of the Holy City, gleaming in the morning sunshine of a fine spring day. They were Jews; this was their capital city. But more than that, this was their HOLY city where God dwelt with His people. The temple stood there in its glory, proclaiming to the whole world the sovereignty of the Jewish God Yahweh.
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“They paused there to contemplate the scene; it made them proud and happy. All but Jesus, that is. He wept and said, “Oh, Jerusalem, if only you had realized your opportunity! I would have gathered you to myself as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you rejected me. And therefore, you will be destroyed, with not one stone left upon another.” “Having said this, he went flip-flopping down the steep Mount of Olives, across Kidron brook, which was probably dry and up into the city. Then something unusual happened. People gave Jesus a royal welcome, probably because he had recently raised Lazarus from the dead. “They stripped branches from the trees and put them in His path. They even laid articles of clothing along the road, in their simple attempt at a red-carpet treatment. “And they shouted “Hosanna to the Son of David,” That would be equivalent to their saying “Hooray for the promised Savior.”
“And then, “Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord.” When His enemies heard the shouting, they said to Him, “You hear what they are shouting? Make them stop.” That is, make them stop using Messianic titles in reference to you. Jesus answered very powerfully: if they were to stop, the very stones would cry out. When Christ enters Jerusalem to die there for the salvation of the world, He must be acclaimed and welcomed, even by stones, if human voices will not acclaim Him. “The reason why Jesus chose to enter the city on a donkey was to fulfil the prophecy of Zecariah who foretold that the Savior would come riding upon a donkey, the symbol of humility because poor people used donkeys, and the symbol of peace, since donkeys are no good in battle, being as slow, small, and unresponsive to human command as they are. So the Savior—poor, humble, and a man of peace, comes to this Holy City, accepts the Messianic titles of the Crowds and prepares for His death in less than a week. The people gave Our Lord the red-carpet treatment by strewing branches of trees and even articles of their clothing in the streets before Him. And so do we celebrate Palm Sunday by way of welcoming our Savior into our lives, coming as He is to accomplish our salvation. “Thank you for seeking God’s truth. God bless you. Father Victor Brown, O.P. “Note: Father Brown composed this message some years ago. Please pray for the souls of the faithful departed, including Father Brown”.No Pope, no closed churches, no braying donkeys, not even a pandemic can ever change what Palm Sunday and Holy Week lead to. Easter Sunday and its forever message: “He is risen!”
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