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  2024-Mar-24: Palm Sunday of the Passion of Our Lord Isaiah 50:4-7 Isaiah 50:4-9a is part of the third of four “Servant Songs” in Isaiah 40-55 (a section of the book commonly called Second Isaiah). We can see that the servant of God fits into a familiar pattern, as that of many messengers of God who suffer in their mission - they are given words to hearten the disheartened when their ears were open to hearing the voice of God but their message was not well received.  Instead they faced ridicule and abuse from the people. Through it all the messenger of God has to persist in his mission to the very end knowing that the hand of the Lord is with him, he has nothing to fear. Source: https://www.workingpreacher.org/commentaries/revised-common-lectionary/sunday-of-the-passion-palm-sunday/commentary-on-isaiah-504-9a-17 Philippians 2:6-11 The name Jesus, of course, is the Greek version of the Hebrew name Joshua, which means “he saves.” Christ Jesus “emptied himself" means while both ...

  Mar-28 Palm Sunday Isaiah 50:4-7 The reading from Isaiah is a reminder that despite the suffering that Jesus experienced, God vindicated him through the resurrection. For Jesus spoke the words of his Father and was obedient to him even unto death on the cross. He willingly endured all the pain and humiliation knowing it would bring the salvation of mankind. Death on the cross was not a defeat but a victory for all Christendom. Psalm 22 David prophesied Christ’s crucifixion by his Roman captors 950 years before it finally occurred. Philippians 2 The name Jesus, is the Greek version of the Hebrew name Joshua, which means “he saves.” Jesus is not a passive victim, but enters fully and willingly into his mission. He emptied himself of all claims to divine glory and honor to become a human being. He humbled himself even to the point of dying a slave’s death, for the shameful and tortuous form of execution by crucifixion was reserved for slaves and rebels against Roman rule. Jesus' ess...