Dear Friends,
We begin this week singing “Hosanna” as Jesus enters Jerusalem. It’s a cry of joy, of our hope that our salvation has come. The events of this week—everything that Jesus suffers on our behalf—can seem to undermine that hope. Is this what salvation looks like? Indeed it is. Jesus proves the salvific power of his love by going to the limits of pain and sorrow to free us from the bonds of sin, fear, and despair. Our cry of joy is honest: “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest!”
I pray that this issue of MAGNIFICAT (which was sent along with your March issue) helps you to stay close to the Lord through the events of this most Holy Week.
In Jesus and Mary,
