What does it mean?

Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion (C), April 4, 2004

Readings: Is 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Lk 22:14-23:56

He emptied himself (Phil 2:7)

FOR MONTHS NOW, we have been inundated with pictures of a bloodied Jesus. Without in any way dismissing the concerns raised by this media event, it should be pointed out that the scriptural Passion texts do not concentrate on the details of Jesus' suffering. In fact, there are only three brief, explicit references to them in the account of the Passion ...