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Palm Sunday 2013

4/8/2013

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I find the way Jesus was tried and sentenced so conflicting that even a person with no law background could say that is fishy. The trial Jesus was put through had nothing to do with normal court procedures. It wasn’t about finding the  truth but it was all about finding a reason to do away with Our Lord. Let’s look  first what happens when Jesus is brought before religious leaders he is accused  of blasphemy. In other words he is too religious; he is presented as a religious  freak. Those leaders knew that it was going to catch the attention of the crowd,  that the crowd would react emotionally. Just think about what we see  in some  Muslim countries when Koran is burnt by somebody in America or Europe.  The same  tactic the Jewish leaders used to turn the crowd against Jesus. But  they knew  that if Jesus was lynched they would be in a big trouble because they  had no  right to sentence to death it was reserved to Pontius Pilate who  represented the  Roman Emperor. Now when they take Jesus to him you would expect  that the  accusation is going to be the same. However it is not. They don’t  accuse Jesus  of being too religious because Pilate would lough at them. He was  a pagan. He  didn’t care about their believes. So when they bring Jesus before  Pilate they  press different charges. This time they accuse Jesus for being too  worldly. They  say he turns people against Roman Authorities. Why didn’t they  tell the crowd  that? Because Jesus would become a hero to the crowd. Jesus is  sentenced to  death for no other reason than simply getting rid of him. 
My Dear Friends of Jesus! My Dear fellow believers! As we begin the Holy Week 2013, as we follow Jesus in his trial we acknowledge that this Saviour of the Universe we  worship is too religious indeed because we people are not religious enough. He   is described religious because there was nothing in his life that was kept form   God his Father, his hear was for his Father, his mind was for his Father, his   actions, decisions and words were inspired by God the Almighty. However Jesus  is  also too worldly indeed. He is too worldly because we take the world  wrongly, we  look at the world and everything and everybody that is tin the  world as  something we can use. Christ the Lord was looking at the world not to  use it for  his pleasure but to serve, to be a servant of the world.  On   Palm Sunday we read the Gospel differently. Usually there are a few people   involved in the reading of the Passion. In a church there was a man who wanted  to make it more dramatic. So when he was to read Pilate’s words about the  inscription above the cross: “What I have written, I have written!” the man read: “What have I written! What have I written!”
The inscription: “This is Jesus King of the Jews” was ordered by Pilate to upset
the  Jews but God in his infinite wisdom made it a public proclamation of who
the  person on the cross truly were: The King, the Saviour of the Jews and of  the  whole world. The Saviour who unites heaven and earth. 
The Saviour who gives us an opportunity to become truly religious people,  as we invite him  into our life, as we accept him as our Messiah. The Saviour  who changes us from  users of the World into servants of the World. When you are  doing things online  they ask you for the user name and password. If you don’t  know who the user is  you can’t log in. On this Palm Sunday Our Blessed Lord  tells us: You cannot  log into my Kingdom as an user. You must log in as a  servant. You know what  if you are not a servant you will be a catholic but  you will never be a happy  catholic. You will be bitter, selfish, cranky and  depressed like the people who  sit in front their computers and cannot log in  because the system doesn’t take  their name. The system we are talking today  about is called the Kingdom of  heaven mentioned by one of the criminals  crucified with Jesus. The man took the  opportunity he had being so closed to  the Lord and he with the last attempt that  was left he linked himself with  being a servant. Do you know what the password  to heaven is: JESUS.


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Zbigniew Kowalski
4/8/2013 05:03:01 pm

Miło Ojca widzieć. Pozdrawiamy serdecznie wraz z całą rodziną. Szczęść Boże.

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Margaret Hodson
4/10/2013 03:04:56 pm

Thank you for the lovely memories, hope all is well, keeping your successor busy

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Rhonda Winder
4/11/2013 06:27:27 am

Happy to hear you arrived safely. Thanks for the homilies and photos. Favour you asked - done. Glad you are enjoying the weather.

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Phuong
4/15/2013 10:17:47 am

I finally found your blog! I remember you were telling me and Brad about it. Father you are not too bad with technology after all! Your blog is a great read and I'm very happy that you are enjoying your time overseas. I hope that all is going well. Please take care!

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