Homily for Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025, Year C
Fr. Charles Irvin Diocese of Lansing ( Click here for Sunday’s readings ) Once again, the Book of Life is opened, and the Liturgy calls us to recognize ourselves and recognize our God. Once again, the Church places the Passion of our Lord before our eyes. In it we can see ourselves and see God’s only begotten Son in our humanity, this time in man’s inhumanity toward man. The same roles are there; the same actors, the same forces at work in our world just as they were in the year 33A.D. First there are the indifferent, the easy-going, those who simply drift uncaring through life, those who give consent to the Passion by silence. There are millions and millions in this majority. They wash their hands of the whole thing. They never budge as long as the blows of life fall on the backs of others. They have no opinions to voice, no stand to take. They simply let events take their course. These silent ones let the sufferings and the crucifixions of God’s sons and daughters continue unche...