Pope Francis has not led the procession since 2019.įor the start of Mass, the pope was again driven in the popemobile from the obelisk to the altar in front of St. The blessing followed the procession of cardinals, bishops, priests, deacons, and laypeople carrying palm fronds, olive branches, and the large weaved palms called “parmureli” to commemorate Jesus’ entrance into Jerusalem. Pope Francis presided over Palm Sunday Mass in St. He was driven to the central obelisk for the blessing of the palms and the proclamation of a reading from the Gospel of St. Peter’s Square in the popemobile April 2. “Jesus, in his abandonment, asks us to open our eyes and hearts to all who find themselves abandoned,” he said. Pope Francis said these people are “Christs” for us: “People who are abandoned, invisible, hidden, discarded with white gloves,” such as the unborn, the isolated elderly, the forgotten sick, the abandoned disabled, and the lonely young. “Today, brothers and sisters, there are entire peoples who are exploited and abandoned the poor live on our streets and we look the other way, we turn around there are migrants who are no longer faces but numbers prisoners are disowned people written off as problems.” Jesus “wants us to care for our brothers and sisters who resemble him most, those experiencing extreme suffering and solitude,” he said. The pope also said that we will find Jesus in those who are abandoned, recalling the death in November last year of a homeless man from Germany, who was found under the colonnade of St. In his homily, Francis spoke in a soft voice as he emphasized that whatever situation of abandonment we find ourselves in, Jesus is at our side. The pope was admitted to the hospital for three days beginning March 29 for treatment for a bronchitis infection, the Vatican said.Īn estimated 60,000 people were at the papal Mass, according to the Vatican Gendarmes.
Pope Francis presided over the Palm Sunday Mass one day after being discharged from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital. “He did this for me, for you,” he said, “because whenever you or I or anyone else seems pinned to the wall - and we have seen someone pinned to the wall - you see someone lost in a blind alley, plunged into the abyss of abandonment, sucked into a whirlwind of ‘whys’ without answer, there can still be some hope…” Jesus “experienced abandonment in order not to leave us prey to despair, in order to stay at our side forever,” the pope said during Palm Sunday Mass in St.
On Palm Sunday, Pope Francis said Jesus voluntarily took on the pain and abandonment of his Passion and Crucifixion so that he could be with us in whatever sorrow or difficulty we might be experiencing.
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