Today is also sometimes called ‘Passion Sunday’ for it is now that the Liturgy shifts, decisively, towards the Passion of the Lord. We will be walking this path this week and next, with increasing intensity, as we move through Holy Week and then celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord.

The Gospel reading, from St John, contains these words: ‘Jesus said to her [Martha], “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die.”’ (John 11: 25-26a)

Today, let us take these words to heart; let us trust Him, that He may work His work of resurrection in our lives; and may God bless you and be very close to you.