Palm Sunday/ Homily Reflection by Bridget Mary Meehan, ARCWP

Mary Mother of Jesus Inclusive Catholic Community blesses Palms 

Procession into Church on Palm Sunday

Priest Michael Rigdon holds Palms as Procession enters Sanctuary

Priest Partners and Presiders of MMOJ are:
Left to right
Michael Rigdon, Lee Breyer, Bridget Mary Meehan,
Katy Zatsick

MMOJ Community Gathers Around Altar to  Pray Eucharistic Prayer on Palm Sunday Liturgy/2012

HOMILY Reflection was followed by Dialogue Homily with Community

Let us take a few quiet minutes now to reflect on Passion and death of Jesus.

(Musc minister will play instrumental music), Jesus remember me or were you there….)

 Each of us knows the pain of loss and anguish in the Good Fridays of our lives

As we face illness, disability, and death of loved ones, and our mortality, we feel vulnerable…

Like the young man, who ran from Gethsemane naked when Jesus was seized by his enemies,  confusion and grief can fill our hearts….

Jesus prayer, my God, my God, why have you abandoned me, becomes our prayer for ourselves and our loved ones….

But the closer we are to our mortal limitations, our human fragility, the suffering and losses of our lives, the closer God is to us….

This is the ultimate meaning of the cross That God is liberating us every moment our lives from the power of sin and death…

God carries the crosses of our lives with us, bearing our burdens and transforming our failures, healing our brokeness…

When we feel alone and forsaken, like, Jesus in the Garden, God sends us angels to console us. On occasions these angels are family members, friends, strangers, care-givers or sometimes a  whole group of people in a loving community…

As we journey through Holy Week to Easter, we discover through the eyes of faith that the tomb of our losses  are empty … like Mary of Magdala, the Risen Christ is waiting for us … waiting to embrace us with abundant life and boundless love….  
(Adapted from Living with Christ/Holy Week 2012)

Some questions for dialogue homily sharing;

When we are lost, what do we do or where do we go to be found?

How do we assist others in their losses and sufferings?

Bridget Mary Meehan, 

Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests

sofiabmm@aol.com

www.arcwp.org

www.marymotherofjesus.org