{"id":6499,"date":"2026-03-26T03:39:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T03:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/?p=6499"},"modified":"2026-04-08T03:42:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T03:42:33","slug":"palm-sunday-a-maryknoll-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.maryknollsociety.org\/magazine\/palm-sunday-a-maryknoll-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Palm Sunday: A Maryknoll Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hk5lcEhCrXM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dennis Moorman, M.M.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palm Sunday<br>March 29, 2026<br><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/readings\/032926.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mt 21:1-11 (37) | Is 50:4-7 | Phil 2:6-11 | Mt 26:14- 27:66<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cHosanna to the Son of David; blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; hosanna in the highest.\u201d <\/em>\u2014Matthew 21:9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week in the liturgical calendar for Christians around the world! On this day, we commemorate Jesus triumphantly entering into Jerusalem before his torture and death, culminating in his resurrection, which we call the Paschal Mystery, that which expresses the center of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/10\/love-for-the-poor-is-hallmark-of-faith-pope-leo-says-in-first-exhortation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christian faith<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Gospel according to Matthew, when Jesus enters Jerusalem, the crowd of people waves tree branches and shouts: \u201cHosanna to the Son of David. This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee.\u201d Later in that same Gospel, the crowd shouts for Pilate to crucify Jesus and release Barabbas, a political revolutionary and insurrectionist, instead. We don\u2019t actually know if this crowd was the same group of people or not, but this contrast certainly reflects the political polarization and dichotomy that is dividing so many families today, not only in our own country, but <a href=\"https:\/\/maryknollogc.org\/resources\/thirty-third-sunday-ordinary-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">around the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2026\/03\/us-israeli-war-with-iran-threatens-crisis-for-broader-asia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">divisions are exacerbated<\/a> by people not being willing to enter into authentic dialogue and deeper listening with others. This is made worse by the new realities of artificial intelligence and social media, which are manipulated to produce \u201cfake news,\u201d such that no one really can be sure of what is \u201ctrue\u201d anymore. Such propaganda feeds people\u2019s anger and fears, which further divide them and can lead to horrific violence and terrible wars, all of which we have so painfully witnessed in the past years. So much of what drives people\u2019s irrational emotional reactions, whether political or otherwise, is an underlying fear of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2026\/03\/attacks-on-iran-a-shocked-world-fears-consequences-of-ongoing-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">not feeling safe and secure<\/a>. In my work with healing trauma, we learn that an important factor for healing is coming to find safety and serenity within oneself. How often does a parent comfort a child by saying, \u201cEverything is going to be all right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2025, when Leo XIV was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/05\/leo-xiv-becomes-the-first-american-pope\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">elected pope<\/a>, his first greeting was, \u201cPeace be with all of you!\u201d At each Mass, we offer one another this greeting of peace. This is the same greeting that the Risen Jesus gives to his friends when he appears to them in the Upper Room, where they are hiding in fear. In the Gospel of John, Jesus says: \u201cPeace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you.\u201d Jesus promises a deeper and more transformative peace. In his 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/messages\/peace\/documents\/20251208-messaggio-pace.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">message for the World Day of Peace<\/a>, Pope Leo invites us to cultivate an \u201cunarmed and disarming peace,\u201d which is humble and persevering, and a gift that comes from God\u2019s unconditional love. Pope Leo warns that when peace is treated as something remote or abstract, violence spreads in personal, social, and political life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, he says that \u201cwe need a disarmament of the soul. External disarmament is impossible without an interior disarmament of the heart, mind, and life.\u201d In this light, Pope Leo speaks of a \u201crevolution of peace.\u201d He calls on us to reject the irrationality of modern warfare and to pursue the \u201cdisarming path of diplomacy, mediation and international law.\u201d Just as Jesus told Peter in the garden: \u201cPut your sword back; for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pope Leo criticizes the global reliance on weapons and deterrence, arguing that true peace is built on trust, justice, and dialogue rather than fear and domination. The pope calls religions to resist the temptation to justify violence or nationalism in God\u2019s name and instead promote solidarity and reconciliation. For Pope Leo, this \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/content\/leo-xiv\/en\/messages\/peace\/documents\/20251208-messaggio-pace.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disarmament of the soul<\/a>\u201d insists that peace begins in the human heart and requires a renewal of minds and attitudes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During this Holy Week, may our hearts, minds, and souls be transformed and renewed in the spirit of Jesus and through the inspiration of the prophetic words of Pope Leo, so that we may truly become heralds of that ancient greeting spoken by our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2025\/10\/the-risen-christ-brings-joy-hope-along-lifes-journey-pope-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Risen Lord<\/a> and Savior: \u201cPeace be with you!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2020\/03\/overcoming-trauma-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maryknoll Father Dennis Moorman<\/a> was ordained in 1998. He lives in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where he minsters to people with depression and anxiety using methods of somatic therapy. <a href=\"https:\/\/maryknollsociety.org\/project\/trauma-healing-ministry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This ministry<\/a> has also taken him to 15 countries to teach workshops on healing from trauma.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-row alignfull  root-eb-row-xftej\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-row-xftej \"><div class=\"eb-row-root-container eb-row-xftej\" data-id=\"eb-row-xftej\"><div class=\"eb-row-wrapper\"><div class=\"eb-row-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-column  root-eb-column-lxmkv\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-column-lxmkv \"><div class=\"eb-column-wrapper eb-column-lxmkv\"><div class=\"eb-column-inner\">\n<p><strong>Questions for Reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What could \u201cdisarmament of the soul\u201d mean in your own life? Where do you falsely cling to spiritual weapons rather than cultivating true peace?<br>What is one practice or habit that helps you find \u201csafety and serenity within\u201d?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:54px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-row alignfull  root-eb-row-kvjsu\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-row-kvjsu \"><div class=\"eb-row-root-container eb-row-kvjsu\" data-id=\"eb-row-kvjsu\"><div class=\"eb-row-wrapper\"><div class=\"eb-row-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-column  root-eb-column-9lgni\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-column-9lgni \"><div class=\"eb-column-wrapper eb-column-9lgni\"><div class=\"eb-column-inner\">\n<p><strong>Prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today let me live in peace with my God,<br>my dear neighbor and myself.<br>Let me bring peace to my patch of Earth.<br>Let me believe that world peace is possible,<br>because with God all things are possible.<br>Let me remember that HOPE is a vital gift I can give<br>to our world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I will not be part to pessimism \u2014 nor join the<br>indifferent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I will be full of joy, because God loves us and is with<br>us. I will share this Joy with those who grieve. I will<br>laugh with the children, the simple, the spontaneous.<br>I will remember that joy is always up to me \u2014 as an<br>individual and as a member of the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I will love my enemies \u2014 even those who<br>perpetrate pain, terror, death \u2014 and those who show<br>inhuman disregard for my brothers and sisters.<br>I will disarm my own self of rage, extending my<br>hands and help and forgiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eternal Mystery: Place your Holy Peace deep within<br>my inner spirit. Calm feelings of uncertainty,<br>insecurities. Give me courage to stand with the<br>Peacemakers of history, and wisdom to know the<br>true path. In your name, Divine Essence, I breathe a<br>prayer of peace over the world \u2014 to create its future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amen.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>To read other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/category\/scripture-reflections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scripture Reflections<\/a> published by the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns, click <a href=\"https:\/\/maryknollogc.org\/resource_type\/scripturereflections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Featured image: People raise their palm fronds for blessings during a Palm Sunday Mass March 24, 2024, in Managua, Nicaragua. 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