{"id":714,"date":"2019-05-10T11:43:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T11:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/?p=714"},"modified":"2019-05-10T11:54:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T11:54:29","slug":"14-april-2019-c-palm-sunday-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/?p=714","title":{"rendered":"14 April  2019 (C)   PALM  SUNDAY Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>B. Reflection &amp; Dialogue: The gentleness of Christ urges\nus on<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s readings present ample\nmaterial for reflection. For the greater part they are so clear that they\nhardly need to be explained. The application of the message of the readings to\ncircumstances of our own day can also be rather easily done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The\nfirst and second readings for the Mass itself present the figure of the Servant\nof the Lord, &nbsp;presented as an example to\nbe imitated. He has been given a disciple\u2019s tongue. He can speak from the\nexperience of one who has come to know the human condition. He has learned from\nwhat he has suffered and experienced himself and because of this is in a\nposition to address the wearied. There is today a certain reluctance to endure\nany suffering, even that which is part of the human condition. In certain\nquarters and countries we hear of the \u201cquality of life\u201d as a determining factor\nin decisions, this \u201cquality\u201d at time implying absence of suffering, as if life\nhad no meaning without such absence. This can in some quarters be advanced as\nground for ending life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Another\nlesson coming across from the first reading and the Passion narrative is the\ngentleness of Christ, and its call on all to be kind to one another. Pope\nFrancis has recently stressed this aspect of the Christian, and the Church\u2019s\nmessage, and his approach has been greeted by the media. The Servant of the\nLord, and Jesus meek and humble of heart, have still a message for our own day.\nLet us pray that the message of Jesus, as presented by Pope Francis and of the\nChurch, may be listened to in our world of so many divergent voices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B. Reflection &amp; Dialogue: The gentleness of Christ urges us on Today\u2019s readings present ample material for reflection. For the greater part they are so clear that they hardly need &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reflections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":715,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions\/715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundayscriptureonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}