City of Taunton ~ Catholic Churches South March 28, 2021 Palm Sunday Annunciation of the Lord and St. Andrew the Apostle Weekend Mass Schedule Weekend Mass Schedule Saturday – 4:00pm Saturday - 4:00pm Sunday — 8:00am and 10:30am Sunday — 8:30 am St. Andrew the Apostle Annunciation of the Lord 19 Kilmer Ave 31 First St. Taunton, MA 02780 508-824-5577 Taunton, MA 02780 508-823-2521 [email protected] [email protected] Catholic Churches South www.cstaunton.org Mass is Live-steaming on the website Monday-Friday at 8:00am and Saturday Vigil at 4:00pm March 28 , 2021 Palm Sunday Annunciation of the Lord and St. Andrew GOSPEL 12:12-16 First Reading 50:4-7 A reading from the holy Gospel according to A Reading from the Book of the Isaiah John The Lord GOD has given me a well-trained When the great crowd that had come to the tongue, that I might know how to speak to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to weary a word that will rouse them. Jerusalem, they took palm branches and went Morning after morning he opens my ear that I out to meet him, and cried out: “Hosanna! may hear; and I have not rebelled,,have not “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the turned back. I gave my back to those who Lord, the king of Israel.” Jesus found an ass beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my and sat upon it, as is written: Fear no more, O beard; my face I did not shield daughter Zion; see, your king comes, seated from buffets and spitting. The Lord GOD is upon an ass’s colt. His disciples did not my help, therefore I am not disgraced; understand this at first, but when Jesus had I have set my face like flint, knowing that I been glorified they remembered that these shall not be put to shame. things were written about him and that they had The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God done this for him. The Gospel of the : Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ Second Reading 2:6-11 A Reading from the Letter ofnSaint Paul to the Philippians Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. The Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God 2 The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ N. So, Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, according to Mark 15:1-39 released Barabbas to them and, after he had Jesus scourged, handed him Crowd over to be crucified. The soldiers led him away inside the palace, N. As soon as morning came, that is, the praetorium, and assembled the the chief priests with the elders and the whole cohort. scribes, They clothed him in purple and, that is, the whole Sanhedrin held a weaving a crown of thorns, placed it on council. him. They bound Jesus, led him away, and They began to salute him with, handed him over to Pilate. Pilate questioned him, C. “Hail, King of the Jews!” V. “Are you the king of the Jews?” N. He said to him in reply, † “You say so.” N. and kept striking his head with a reed N. The chief priests accused him of many and spitting upon him. things. They knelt before him in homage. Again Pilate questioned him, And when they had mocked him, V. “Have you no answer? See how many they stripped him of the purple cloak, things they accuse you of.” dressed him in his own clothes, and led him out to crucify him. N. Jesus gave him no further answer, so that They pressed into service a passer-by, Pilate was amazed. Simon, Now on the occasion of the feast he used a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the to release to them country, one prisoner whom they requested. the father of Alexander and Rufus, A man called Barabbas was then in prison to carry his cross. along with the rebels who had committed They brought him to the place of murder in a rebellion. Golgotha The crowd came forward and began to ask —which is translated Place of the Skull — him They gave him wine drugged with myrrh, to do for them as he was accustomed. but he did not take it. Pilate answered, Then they crucified him and divided his V. “Do you want me to release to you the king garments of the Jews?” by casting lots for them to see what each N. For he knew that it was out of envy should take. that the chief priests had handed him over. It was nine o’clock in the morning when But the chief priests stirred up the crowd they crucified him. to have him release Barabbas for them The inscription of the charge against him instead. read, Pilate again said to them in reply, They knelt before him in homage. V. “Then what do you want me to do with the And when they had mocked him, man you call the king of the Jews?” they stripped him of the purple cloak, N. They shouted again, dressed him in his own clothes, C. “Crucify him.” and led him out to crucify him. N. Pilate said to them, They pressed into service a passer-by, V. “Why? What evil has he done?” Simon, a Cyrenian, who was coming in from the N. They only shouted the louder, country, C. “Crucify him.” the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross. 3 They brought him to the place of N. One of them ran, soaked a sponge with Golgotha wine, put it on a reed —which is translated Place of the Skull — and gave it to him to drink saying, They gave him wine drugged with myrrh, V. “Wait, let us see if Elijah comes to take but he did not take it. him down.” Then they crucified him and divided his N. Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his garments last. by casting lots for them to see what each (Here all kneel and pause for a short time.) should take. N. The veil of the sanctuary was torn in two It was nine o’clock in the morning when from top to bottom. they crucified him. When the centurion who stood facing The inscription of the charge against him him read, saw how he breathed his last he said, “The King of the Jews.” V. Truly this man was the Son of God!” The Gospel of the Lord N. With him they crucified two revolutionaries, one on his right and one on his left. Those passing by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying, C. “Aha! You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself by coming down from the cross.” N. Likewise, the chief priests, with the scribes, mocked him among themselves and said, C. “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.” N. Those who were crucified with him also kept abusing him. At noon darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. And at three o’clock Jesus cried out in a loud voice, †. “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” N. which is translated, † “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” N. Some of the bystanders who heard it said, C. “Look, he is calling Elijah.” 4 March 28, 2021 Palm Sunday Annunciation of the Lord and St. Andrew the Apostle “We don’t have to be able to articulate all the logic of what is happening now. But Christians walk on By Father Edward A. Murphy with the conviction that there is One who does make sense of the apparent madness of shattered human dreams. “ The DEEP END – The Journey of Discipleship 1. The Injustice and brutality of the Passion of Jesus make it a difficult story to read as good news. GOSPEL Mark 14:1-47 Yet in the midst of that cruelty the courageous, Our opening reading from Mark’s Gospel captures faithful and self-sacrificing love that Jesus shed for the elation of the crowds who welcome Jesus in Je- us shines through. Recall moments when the rusalem. They spread greenery on the road in front account of the Passion has moved you in a special way. How have you experienced blessing through of him, they lift their voices in praise, singing it? “Hosanna! Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord!” But their hope and loyalty is short- 2. Human love can also be painful. When have you lived, as we discover in our reading of the Passion. experienced the courage, fidelity and self-sacrifice of others in their love of you? When have you Jesus is left almost alone to face humiliation and shown that kind of love to others, as a parent, a death.