The Palm Sunday by Venerable Mary of Agreda
Palm Sunday: FROM THE MYSTICAL CITY OF GOD BY VENERABLE MARY OF AGREDA On the Sabbath (Saturday) prior to Palm Sunday, Jesus was at Bethany, where He had raised Lazarus from the dead just a few days earlier. On this occasion, at a banquet hosted by Lazarus and his two sisters, Mary Magdalen, filled with divine enlightening, anointed her Lord with precious perfume. On the morning of the next day, which corresponds to our Palm Sunday, the Lord proceeded with His disciples toward Jerusalem, being accompanied by many angels, who sang hymns of praise at seeing Him so enamored of men and so solicitous for their eternal salvation. Having walked more or less of two miles and arrived in the village of Bethphage, He sent two disciples to an influential man of that neighborhood. From him they brought two beasts of burden, one of which had not yet been used or ridden by any one. The Lord progressed on His way to Jerusalem while they spread some of their cloaks and other garments both upon t...