March 29, 2026
Enter Into Holy Week Since leading several retreats around the country focused on encouraging people to ENTER into Holy Week, I have come to a much deeper appreciation of the role Palm Sunday plays in these most sacred upcoming days. Jesus ENTERS into the holy city of Jerusalem. He ENTERS into the institution of the Eucharist, his suffering, death, and Resurrection. We call this drama The Paschal Mystery. This Sunday, we take palms and hear two Gospel readings that help us to ENTER into the drama that includes people’s expectations that he would triumph over earthly kings. The week then has him celebrating a familiar Passover meal that he breathes new life into by identifying himself with the main physical elements – bread and wine. Then he is betrayed by his closest disciples. Then comes interrogation, condemnation, scourging, suffering and death. We have all experienced most of those challenges ourselves, perhaps







