Theme: The One and Only Passion of Our Redemption 

This Sunday, we gather with our Lord Christ on the Mount of Olives. We recall His preparation before His joyful entry into Jerusalem, His betrayal by close friends for thirty pieces of silver, and His Passion, which led to His death on the cross.
This week, we unite in the Lord's name to culminate our Lenten observances by reflecting on the zenith of our salvation. Let us contemplate His meekness, humility, and simplicity amidst betrayal, aggression, blackmail, humiliation, revenge, and selfishness. 
We will also observe His submission to the Father’s will in the Garden of Gethsemane, witness His companions betraying and denying Him, see Him questioned and suffering at the hands of His enemies, accompany Him as He carries our crosses and sorrows to Golgotha, and mourn with Him as He triumphs over death, transforming it into an open door to eternal life. 
    Thus, as Prophet Isaiah noted in his Song of the Suffering Servant in the first reading, our Lord Jesus was and remains the Suffering Servant, who listened to the Father, embraced the sacrifice of love for men and women, and demonstrated his determination to lift us out of our earthly nature and transform it into a suitable nature of immortality. 
    In the words of Saint Paul in the second reading, although He possessed the capacity to transform us from heaven, He chose to embrace the shame of human nature so that we would not be shamed. This Sunday, we must confess that the Lord is not only the Blessed One, our Eternal Saviour, and the Exemplum of God’s obedient love and exalted glory, but also our Lord, in whom we trust to deliver us in times of temptation, protect us against those who seek our downfall, grant us the strength to remake ourselves, and empower us with wisdom to stand firm in the face of adversities.
    Finally, this week, we are reminded that our failures, compromises, or indifference have not erased His Love for us. He says, "I call you friends." And so, He invites us not to retreat in despair but to worship sincerely with our hearts, to open our minds to His words, and to surrender our whole beings to His transformative grace. Today, we have honoured His Blessed Name with palm branches; tomorrow, He awaits hearts that are repentant, forgiving, and prayerful—yours and mine—open to the glory of His resurrection.