Year B, Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday

At Home with the Lectionary

In this episode, we discuss the readings for the Sunday of the Passion: Palm Sunday, Year B in the Lectionary cycle: Mark 11:1-11 or John 12:12-16 & Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29; Isaiah 50:4-9a; Psalm 31:9-16; Philippians 2:5-11; Mark 14:1-15:47.
We discuss the way the words of the Psalms and prophets connect with Jesus' experience during Holy Week, Paul's exhortation to follow Jesus' example of humility, and approaches to preaching the Passion texts.
You can also listen to our homespun pandemic-friendly two-part reader's theater version of the passion narrative here.
Notes:
--Fernando Ortega's album The Crucifixion of Jesus
--Guide for hour-long prayer vigil for Maundy Thursday/Good Friday
--Making an Easter garden with children.
--Prayers of the People for Palm Sunday
The Bible Project
--Bible Project's video on the crucifixion of Jesus

0:00 Discussion of Holy Week
12:18 Collect
12:54 Mark 11:1-11
23:29 Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
30:42 Isaiah 50:4-9a
37:42 Psalm 31:9-16
42:22 Philippians 2:5-11
49:01 Mark 14:1-15:47

Our outro music is an original song by our friend Dcn. Jeremiah Webster, a poet and professor whose giftedness is rivaled by his humbleness. You can find his published works, including After So Many Fires, with a quick Google.

Chapters

1. Discussion of Holy Week (00:00:06)

2. Collect (00:12:07)

3. Mark 11:1-11 (00:12:43)

4. Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 (00:23:18)

5. Isaiah 50:4-9a (00:30:31)

6. Psalm 31:9-16 (00:37:31)

7. Philippians 2:5-11 (00:42:11)

8. Discussion of Passion reading (00:48:50)