Gospel for March 24 2024 – Mark 15:1-39
Gospel Reflections for March 24 2024
Follow me!
On this Sunday you will receive palms to wave just as the people in the Gospel waved palms and celebrated the arrival of Jesus into Jerusalem.
This account of His last days recalls the first days of His ministry, when He walked along the shore of the Sea of Galilee and called His first disciples.
He began with two simple words, and they remain today a clear summary of what it means to be Catholic. These two words encompass everything you need to know about your faith and how to live it well.
Jesus looks at each person and simply says, “Follow me.” …What else do you need to know? That is the whole summary of our faith. In every moment of your life, at home, work, or school, you must seek only to follow the example and teachings of Our Lord.
As the crowd physically followed Jesus into Jerusalem that first Palm Sunday, decide now to literally follow Him all this week as well, by joining with Our Lord in our Holy Week services.
Follow Him on Holy Thursday at 7pm and celebrate the Last Supper He shared with His disciples. He knew you would need His presence within you after He was gone so He left His Eucharistic presence to encourage and guide you with His love for you each week.
Follow Him on Good Friday at Stations of the Cross at Noon and the Good Friday Passion Liturgy at 3pm, and the special youth and young-adult led Reflections on the Passion of the Lord with Dramatization at 6:30pm. You can see just how much suffering He would endure out of love for you. You can ponder His amazing words from the Cross even as He is being crucified as He asks God to “Forgive them, for they know not what they do.”
Finally, and most important of all, follow Him on Easter Sunday, when you can celebrate His resurrection …and the total victory of the way of Christ over death and all suffering when He rose from the dead.
No other person in history has ever risen from the dead so the life of Our Lord is worth taking seriously. That is best done by actually walking in His footsteps. You can do so in the services this Holy Week.
His way always works for true and lasting happiness for those who always… follow Him!
God Bless!
Fr. Dave
Dear Father Dave,
Christ’s invitation is an everlasting one of divine faith and beauty.
Dwelling in the shadow of His love in all our unworthiness changes us in thought and behavior and helps us to live in the Word of God.
We are so blessed with our Christianity.
Kathleen
Yes, His love for us changes everything for the better!
Great Advice, and I agree completely. I will follow Him as you suggest and be thankful for all that He suffered for me and all those that believe in Him. This Season of Lent has set the Tone of what is to occur. Bringing into focus the miracle of His Death and Resurection.
Thus enabling us to attain Eternal Salvation.
“Follow me,” is such a simple plan.
Father Dave, beautiful words as always!!! We have an amazing Faith, our loving God creates us, man sins, our precious God sends His beloved Son to save us and teach to love and dies for us and we with this miracle of Divine love are asked to live our precious Jesus’ love and share it with the world!!!We are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Blessed with our loving God and our precious Jesus and our beautiful Blessed Mother!!! Let’s all live our preciousJjesus’ love and make our world beautiful in LOVE!!!! We loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee you father Dave for you live Jesus’ love preciously and you share it with everyone!!!! A beautiful, joyous Easter to precious you!!!
Loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, franca and Dic!!! Yes I do loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee vowels for they express my loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!
Thank you!