Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Year A - Sunday, March 29, 2026
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Year A - Sunday, March 29, 2026
Readings for Sunday, 29/3/2026
FIRST READING: Isa 50:4-7
Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24. "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?"
SECOND READING: Phil 2:6-11
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Phil 2:8-9). Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless Glory. Christ became obedient for us, even to death. Dying on the cross. Therefore God raised him on high, and gave him a name above all other names.
GOSPEL: Matt 26:14 – 27:66 or 27:11-54
Image Credit- Shutterstock Licensed. Stock Photo ID: 1369111313 - Palm leaf on red background.Palm Sunday and easter day concept. Photo Contributor: MIA Studio
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Please listen to the audio recordings of the Mass – (Readings, prayers, and homily), for Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Year A - Sunday, March 29, 2026, by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/palm-sunday-of-the-passion-of/s-DegQjtbHcVj?si=d50f5c6f2a4f45c6b681672e18dadbc6&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
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Holy Week has begun. Let us be immersed into the drama of Holy Week, so that Jesus, who gave absolutely everything for us out of divine and overflowing love and self-giving, will bring us through this and every trial and sin, all injustices and tragedies, into the new life of Christ, and a renewed, deeper faith and commitment to His good news, to His values, so wonderfully and perfectly lived out in His life and death and resurrection.
He gives us life and life to the full.
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It's timely on this Passion Sunday to recall the late Pope Francis's words at a previous Palm Sunday Mass. The Pope invited us all to contemplate the face of Jesus, not only in the paintings or photographs, or even in video depictions, but in the face of many of our brothers and sisters who are suffering. Jesus is in them, he said, in each of them, and with a disfigured face and a broken voice, he asks to be looked at, to be recognized, to be loved.
His message holds just as strongly today, though. We have no other Lord but Him, Jesus, the humble King of justice, mercy and peace.
Passion Sunday, Palm Sunday, can be said to be bittersweet.
It's joyful and sorrowful at the same time. It recounts the enthusiasm of the disciples who acclaim the Master with cries of joy, and we can picture in our minds the excitement of children and young people in the city joining in the excitement, waving palms and laying down cloaks on the road to greet Him. Yet on this day, we also solemnly remember the Gospel account of His Passion and death.
Our Lord, who accepts the hosannas of the crowd, knows full well that these cries of welcome will soon be replaced with cries of crucify Him. What a shocking turnaround. Even as our Lord fulfills the by entering into the Holy City in this humble way, He's in no way a misguided peddler of illusions.
He's no New Age prophet. He's no imposter. Rather, He is clearly the King and Messiah, who comes in the humble role of a servant, who obeys His Father in Heaven completely and goes willingly to His Passion.
He suffers all the pain of humanity to save them, to embrace them. In this sad contrast, from joy and acclamation to sorrow, suffering and condemnation, our hearts experience in some small way what Jesus Himself must have felt in His own heart that day, as He rejoiced with His friends and also wept over Jerusalem, and later suffered terribly. So as we joyfully acclaim our King on this Sunday, Passion Sunday, let's also think of the sufferings that He will have to endure in this coming Holy Week.
Let's think of the slanders and insults, the snares, the betrayals, the abandonment to an unjust judgment, the blows, the lashes, and the crown of thorns. And lastly, the way of the cross leading to the crucifixion. Christ had spoken clearly of this to His disciples.
If anyone wants to become a follower of mine, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. Jesus never promised honour or success. Well, not in the earthly sense, that is.
The Gospels make this quite clear. Jesus warned His friends several times that this must be the path He takes, and that the final victory would be achieved through the Passion and the Cross. All this holds true for us too.
Let's ask for the grace to follow Jesus faithfully, not in words, but in deeds. Let's also ask for patience to carry our own cross, not to refuse it, not to set it aside, not to grumble about it, but rather looking to Him to take it up and carry it daily with love. Christ is present, very much present, in our many brothers and sisters who today are enduring terrible suffering, just like His own.
They suffer from slave labour, family tragedies, from disease. They suffer from wars and terrorism. They suffer from interests that are armed and ready to strike.
Women and men who are cheated, violated in their dignity, discarded. Jesus is in them, in each of them. With marred features and broken voice, He asks to be looked in the eye, to be acknowledged, to be respected, to be given His dignity in them, to be loved.
Our Lord always stood by those who were the most disadvantaged, the most isolated. He stood with them and promised to be with them in their joys and in their sorrows, and He made a practical difference in people's lives. And He calls us to ensure that we do the same.
Faithful, serving, practical love. It's not some other Jesus, but the same Jesus who entered Jerusalem amid the waving of palm branches and congratulations and praise. It's the same Jesus who was nailed to the cross and died between two criminals.
This is one and the same person. This is the fullness of the revelation that God is with us. We have no other Lord but Him, thank goodness.
Jesus, the humble, the self-sacrificing, the compassionate, loving King of justice, mercy and peace.
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References:
Pope Francis. Homily. Palm Sunday, 2017. https://zenit.org/articles/palm-sunday-we-have-no-other-lord-but-him-full-text/ © Libreria editrice vaticana 2017.
Fr Paul W. Kelly
Image Credit- Shutterstock Licensed. Stock Photo ID: 1369111313 - Palm leaf on red background. Palm Sunday and easter day concept. Photo Contributor: MIA Studio
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Year A (Sunday, March 29, 2026)
The Lord be with you.
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{{May Our Lord's gift of dignity and community enliven you.}} Welcome everyone, we gather - Listening to God's Word. On this Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Year A
As we begin the Holy Eucharist, let us acknowledge our sinfulness, so as to worthily celebrate the sacred mysteries.
Lord Jesus, you were lifted up to draw all people to yourself: Lord, have mercy//You shouldered the cross, to bear our suffering and sinfulness: Christ, have mercy// You open for your people the way from death into life: Lord, have mercy//
May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.
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Memorial Acclamation
1. We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.
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Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24. "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?"
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Phil 2:8-9). Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless Glory. Christ became obedient for us, even to death. Dying on the cross. Therefore God raised him on high, and gave him a name above all other names.
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PREFACE: Passion of the Lord
Euch II
Communion side. pwk:
(theme variation: 3 )
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{Cheers and thanks everyone for this time of prayer and reflection - I hope you have a blessed week.}
Go in peace. (glorifying the Lord by your life)
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Archive of homilies and reflections: http://homilycatholic.blogspot.com.au
To contact Fr. Paul, please email: paulwkelly68@gmail.com
To listen to the weekly homily audio podcast, please click this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/tracks
Further information relating to the audio productions linked to this Blog:
"Faith, Hope and Love - Christian worship and reflection" - Led by Rev Paul Kelly
Prayers and chants — Roman Missal, 3rd edition, © 2010, The International Commission on English in the liturgy. (ICEL)
Scriptures - New Revised Standard Version: © 1989, and 2009 by the NCC-USA. (National Council of Churches of Christ - USA)
"The Psalms" ©1963, 2009, The Grail - Collins publishers.
Prayers of the Faithful - " Together we pray" by Robert Borg'. E.J. Dwyer, Publishers, (1993). (Sydney Australia).
"Quiet Time." Instrumental Reflection music. Written by Paul W Kelly. 1988, 2007. & This arrangement: Stefan Kelk, 2020.
Lenten Hymn: "Have Mercy" Inspired by Psalm 50(51). Music by Paul W. Kelly. Arranged and sung, with additional lyrics by Stefan Kelk. 2020.
Sound Engineering and editing - P.W. Kelly.
Microphones: - Shure Motiv MV5 Digital Condenser.
Editing equipment: NCH software - MixPad Multitrack Studio Recording Software
NCH – WavePad Audio Editing Software. Masters Edition v 12.44
Sound Processing: iZotope RX 6 Audio Editor
[ Production - KER - 2026]
May God bless and keep you.
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Readings for Sunday, 29/3/2026
FIRST READING: Isa 50:4-7
Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24. "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?"
SECOND READING: Phil 2:6-11
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Phil 2:8-9). Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless Glory. Christ became obedient for us, even to death. Dying on the cross. Therefore God raised him on high, and gave him a name above all other names.
GOSPEL: Matt 26:14 – 27:66 or 27:11-54
Image Credit- Shutterstock Licensed. Stock Photo ID: 1369111313 - Palm leaf on red background.Palm Sunday and easter day concept. Photo Contributor: MIA Studio
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Please listen to the audio recordings of the Mass – (Readings, prayers, and homily), for Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Year A - Sunday, March 29, 2026, by clicking this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/palm-sunday-of-the-passion-of/s-DegQjtbHcVj?si=d50f5c6f2a4f45c6b681672e18dadbc6&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
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Holy Week has begun. Let us be immersed into the drama of Holy Week, so that Jesus, who gave absolutely everything for us out of divine and overflowing love and self-giving, will bring us through this and every trial and sin, all injustices and tragedies, into the new life of Christ, and a renewed, deeper faith and commitment to His good news, to His values, so wonderfully and perfectly lived out in His life and death and resurrection.
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References:
Pope Francis. Homily. Palm Sunday, 2017. https://zenit.org/articles/palm-sunday-we-have-no-other-lord-but-him-full-text/ © Libreria editrice vaticana 2017.
Fr Paul W. Kelly
Image Credit- Shutterstock Licensed. Stock Photo ID: 1369111313 - Palm leaf on red background. Palm Sunday and easter day concept. Photo Contributor: MIA Studio
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Year A (Sunday, March 29, 2026)
The Lord be with you.
+++++++++++++
{{May Our Lord's gift of dignity and community enliven you.}} Welcome everyone, we gather - Listening to God's Word. On this Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord. Year A
As we begin the Holy Eucharist, let us acknowledge our sinfulness, so as to worthily celebrate the sacred mysteries.
Lord Jesus, you were lifted up to draw all people to yourself: Lord, have mercy//You shouldered the cross, to bear our suffering and sinfulness: Christ, have mercy// You open for your people the way from death into life: Lord, have mercy//
May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life. Amen.
+++++++++++++++++++++
Memorial Acclamation
1. We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection until you come again.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24. "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?"
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Phil 2:8-9). Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless Glory. Christ became obedient for us, even to death. Dying on the cross. Therefore God raised him on high, and gave him a name above all other names.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
PREFACE: Passion of the Lord
Euch II
Communion side. pwk:
(theme variation: 3 )
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{Cheers and thanks everyone for this time of prayer and reflection - I hope you have a blessed week.}
Go in peace. (glorifying the Lord by your life)
++++++++
Archive of homilies and reflections: http://homilycatholic.blogspot.com.au
To contact Fr. Paul, please email: paulwkelly68@gmail.com
To listen to the weekly homily audio podcast, please click this link here: https://soundcloud.com/user-633212303/tracks
Further information relating to the audio productions linked to this Blog:
"Faith, Hope and Love - Christian worship and reflection" - Led by Rev Paul Kelly
Prayers and chants — Roman Missal, 3rd edition, © 2010, The International Commission on English in the liturgy. (ICEL)
Scriptures - New Revised Standard Version: © 1989, and 2009 by the NCC-USA. (National Council of Churches of Christ - USA)
"The Psalms" ©1963, 2009, The Grail - Collins publishers.
Prayers of the Faithful - " Together we pray" by Robert Borg'. E.J. Dwyer, Publishers, (1993). (Sydney Australia).
"Quiet Time." Instrumental Reflection music. Written by Paul W Kelly. 1988, 2007. & This arrangement: Stefan Kelk, 2020.
Lenten Hymn: "Have Mercy" Inspired by Psalm 50(51). Music by Paul W. Kelly. Arranged and sung, with additional lyrics by Stefan Kelk. 2020.
Sound Engineering and editing - P.W. Kelly.
Microphones: - Shure Motiv MV5 Digital Condenser.
Editing equipment: NCH software - MixPad Multitrack Studio Recording Software
NCH – WavePad Audio Editing Software. Masters Edition v 12.44
Sound Processing: iZotope RX 6 Audio Editor
[ Production - KER - 2026]
May God bless and keep you.
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