On this Palm Sunday, Tony addresses a contemporary challenge voiced by many concerning justification. Namely, that it is God Who must justify Himself for all of the violence and evil in the world, which He is ultimately responsible for. As Tony explains, by attending to the Passion of the Son of God Incarnate, we discover a God Who not only is complete Self-Sacrificing Love, but a God Who Is Father, and Who assumes responsibility for us by reconciling us to Himself even when we had rejected Him.
Mass Readings:
Gospel-at the Procession with Palms: Mark 11:1-10 or John 12:12-16
Reading 1: Isaiah 50:4-7
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24
Reading 2: Philippians 2:6-11
Gospel: Mark 14:1-15:47
Tony Crescio is the founder of FRESHImage Ministries. He holds an MTS from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD candidate in Christian Theology at Saint Louis University. His research focuses on the intersection between moral and sacramental theology. His dissertation is entitled, Presencing the Divine: Augustine, the Eucharist and the Ethics of Exemplarity.
Tony’s academic publications can be found here.