Sermons

The Sunday of the Passion: The Liturgy of the Palms, Procession through Times Square & Solemn Mass, by the Rector

In Luke, when Jesus is nailed and raised on the cross between two wrongdoers. The three are naked, beaten, bleeding, and in great and terrible pain.[1] he said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”[2] Jesus had nothing to say to the rulerIn Luke, when Jesus is nailed and raised on the cross between two wrongdoers. The three are naked, beaten, bleeding, and in great and terrible pain.[1] Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”[2] Jesus had nothing to say to the rulers who came “to the place named Skull”[3] to see him suffering—who said, “He saved others; let him save himself, if this is the Messiah of God.”[4]
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