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Dear brothers and  sisters in Christ,  

This Sunday, as we gather for the Palm Sunday  celebration, our Holy Week begins.  

The joyous  message that greets the Messiah as he enters Jerusalem must, surely, bring  hope to a world in which so many of our brothers and sisters are suffering  the effects of conflict, injustice and the impact of natural  disasters.  

As we enter  Jerusalem in the celebration of the Palm Sunday Liturgy, let us take with us  in prayer our brothers and sisters across the world. In our prayer, in our  lives, let us seek to walk with them in their suffering as, in the coming  days, we spend time with the One who is the Suffering Servant.  

As the Passion  is read this Sunday, let us make every effort to walk with Jesus in every  step that he takes. In the days to come this week, I invite you to take parts  of the Passion account and make use of them for Lectio Divina. This prayerful reflection on the sacred text will bring  the words of the Gospel to a place in the heart, where we listen in faith to  the One who calls us to be His. The more we dwell in the Gospel, the more we  dwell in Christ, in the One who suffered, died and rose again for  us.  

May God bless  you all,

+ Richard

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