Are we going to accept this great offering of mercy and love? – The Archbishop on Palm Sunday
25/03/2018- Homily by Archbishop Charles J. Scicluna
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St John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta
25th March 2018The account of the passion according to Saint Mark that has just been proclaimed, repeats several times the idea, the concept and the verb of handing over: Judas tries to find the right time to hand over Jesus to the high priest; Pilate, to appease the mob, hands over Jesus for crucifixion; the Lord himself hands himself over to the Father; Joseph of Arimathea asks Pilate to hand over the body of Jesus for burial…