Father Tom Ferguson - Pastor of Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Alexandria, Virginia, Delivers today's Podcast for - 03/24/13: Palm Sunday with First Form: The Procession

Good Shepherd Catholic Church 8710 Mt. Vernon Highway, Alexandria, Virginia, 22309

PALM SUNDAY PROCESSION The Sacramentary offers three forms for the entrance rites today: a procession, a solemn entrance, and a simple entrance. This rite is not a stage play and the liturgy is not a reenactment; rather, it is the Church, here and now, journeying with the Messiah into the holy city. Today we rejoice in the Son of David as we prepare ourselves to follow him to the cross. The assembly needs to walk; its members need to feel in their bodies the path they are taking. Approaching the cross is not something we can sit and watch someone else do! “Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” Text, Bryan Cones © 2007 OCP. All rights reserved..