Posted on Apr 2, 2023
Pope Francis has marked Palm Sunday in the Vatican square following his hospital stay
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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...""I, too, need Jesus to caress me,'' Francis said.
Concern over abandonment threaded through his homily. "Entire peoples are exploited and abandoned; the poor live on our streets and we look the other way; migrants are no longer faces but numbers; prisoners are disowned, people written off as problems," Francis said.
Palm Sunday marks Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem in the time leading up to his crucifixion, which Christians observe on Good Friday.
Palm Sunday opened a heavy schedule of Holy Week appointments for the pontiff, including a Holy Thursday Mass at a juvenile prison in Rome. Holy Week culminates on April 9 with Easter Sunday Mass, which recalls the Christian belief in Jesus' resurrection."
...""I, too, need Jesus to caress me,'' Francis said.
Concern over abandonment threaded through his homily. "Entire peoples are exploited and abandoned; the poor live on our streets and we look the other way; migrants are no longer faces but numbers; prisoners are disowned, people written off as problems," Francis said.
Palm Sunday marks Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem in the time leading up to his crucifixion, which Christians observe on Good Friday.
Palm Sunday opened a heavy schedule of Holy Week appointments for the pontiff, including a Holy Thursday Mass at a juvenile prison in Rome. Holy Week culminates on April 9 with Easter Sunday Mass, which recalls the Christian belief in Jesus' resurrection."
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