The Story of a Bishop and the Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday: From The Liturgical Year by Dom Prosper Louis Paschal Guéranger, O.S.B., 1904 Mass The Station, at Rome, is in the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Mother and Mistress of all Churches. The Papal function, however, now takes place at Saint Peter’s; but the usual Indulgences are still granted to those who visit the Arch-Basilica. The Mass of this Sunday retains no vestige of the joy which characterized the ceremony of the Palms. The Introit is taken from the 21st Psalm, in which the Royal Prophet expresses the anguish of soul suffered by Jesus on the Cross. Introit Domine, ne longe facias auxilium tuum a me, ad defensionem meam adspice: libera me de ore leonis, et a cornibus unicornium humilitatem meam. O Lord, keep not Thy help far from me; look to my defense; save me from the lion’s mouth, and rescue me in my distress, from the horns of unicorns. Ps. Deus, Deus meus, respice in me, quare me dereliquisti? longe a salute mea verba delictorum meorum. Ps. O God, my God...