March 29, 2026.
“Now from the sixth hour until the ninth hour there was darkness over all the land. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, «Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?» that is, «My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” (Mathew 27, 45-46)
Palm Sunday opens the door to Holy Week. As such, we should keep in mind all the events that are celebrated during these seven days to realize what they show us and how we should behave by their light. In fact, the reading of the passion that we do that day gives us the opportunity to see all at once the complete drama of the Passion.
The death of the Lord, especially, becomes a call for our attention. Christ is on the Cross, dieing while being tortured, while innocent. He has voluntarily accepted this situation and has done so not because he likes pain, but because he has a mission to complete and knows that, for it, he must cross this threshold, the threshold of suffering, the threshold of the Cross. His mission is the salvation, but he carries it out not only spilling his redeeming blood to forgive us our sins, but also becoming one with us, sharing with us our luck, including physical suffering, abandonment, injustice.
The goal of Christ is fully obtained when we feel protected by him, by his love, by the cross. If his love moves us, it converts us; his sacrifice will have been for something. If we stay impassive before him, we will have made him useless or at least not fully useful. Let us be seduced by Christ, let us be attracted to him, and let us be saved. Let God be God and save you.
Intention: Meditate on the love Christ showed on the cross. Realize what he has done for you. Thank him and go to Him so that his sacrifice will not be in vain.