In the traditional liturgy of the Catholic Church, Holy Week includes reading each Gospel account of the Passion.

For years I’ve marveled at the way the liturgy highlights and illuminates certain theological and spiritual truths. There is something truly humiliating in the best sense that the choir, which represents and speaks for “the people in the pews” is cast as the fickle religious mob in these chanted retellings. It forces you to confront the idea that you might have greeted him as Messiah on Palm Sunday,........

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