Today, April 2, 2023, is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week. On this day we commemorate the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, in which the crowd received him with joy and acclaimed him as the Messiah, the story of his Passion and his Death on the Cross.

Holy Week is one of the central moments of the Liturgical Year and the epicenter of Christian life, a time of prayer and reflection, a time to participate in the richness of its own celebrations.  Throughout it, we walk towards Easter and relive the essential mysteries of our redemption.

Sisters Adorers, Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity, we make these words our own which were pronounced by Pope Francis in his homily on Palm Sunday 2022:

“Brothers and sisters, in the course of this week, let us cling to the certainty that God can forgive every sin. He forgives everyone. He can bridge every distance, and turn all mourning into dancing (cf. Ps 30:12). The certainty that with Jesus there is always a place for everyone. That with Christ things are never over. That with him, it is never too late. With God, we can always come back to life.  Take courage! Let us journey toward Easter with his forgiveness. For Christ constantly intercedes for us before the Father (cf. Heb 7:25). Gazing upon our violent and tormented world, he never tires of repeating: Father, forgive them for they know not what they do. Let us now do the same, in silence, in our hearts, and repeat: Father, forgive them for they know not what they do”.