Short
Reflection for Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion (B)
Readings: Isaiah 50: 4-7; Philippians 2: 6-11; Mark 14: 1 - 15: 47
Selected Passage: “Those passing by reviled him, shaking their
heads and saying: ‘Aha! You would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three
days, save yourself by coming down from the cross’. Likewise, the chief
priests, with the scribes, mocked him among themselves and said, ‘he saved
others; he cannot save himself. Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down
now from the cross that we may see and believe’.” (Mark 15: 29-32)
Reflection: The crucified Christ is the powerful symbol of
God’s love - ‘greater love than this no one has… to give one’s own life for his
friends’. Jesus calls us his friends and we are ransomed from our sins by his
blood. The ‘Suffering Servant of Yahweh’ embraced all sufferings unto death
that all creation may have life and life to the full. Thus in our sufferings, sins, trials and
difficulties, we look at the one exalted in the Cross to receive life and
healing.
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