The Passion of Our Christ
Preparing for Passion Sunday, Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Pascha at the Sts. Mitrophan and Alopen Cathedral in the Missionary Diocese of East and Southeast Asia A Passion Sunday Sermon in Our Western Rite Lenten Tradition By Bp. Joseph ( Ancient Church of the West ) I will say these things to you now, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Dear brothers and sisters, as we stand today upon the threshold of the Great and Holy Week, Passion Sunday places before us not merely the historical suffering of Christ, but the theological meaning of His suffering. The Western Rite, with great spiritual instinct, gives us these final two weeks of Lent as a deepening descent into the mystery of the Cross. The Church now begins to veil her images, quiet her Alleluias, and lead her children into the shadow of Calvary so that they may learn again the cost of redemption. The mystery begins to hide itself, so that the full force of the revelation of Our Lord as Pas...
