Well, thank you everybody for joining us here at the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy as we're entering

into the holiest time of the year. And I've never done a full talk just on Palm Sunday.

And what the deeper meaning is, answering a lot of questions, and also things that we never learned,

such as, why did Jesus write a donkey rather than a horse.

So we're going to go over all this today. We're hoping that you can stay with us because this is a

perfect time as we prepare for the upcoming Holy Week. And no matter what time of the year you're

watching it, it does really help us to understand our faith.

So let us pray in the name of the Father and of the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Heavenly Father, we ask you send the Holy Spirit down upon us that the grace of our Lord's passion,

the pasical mystery, will inflame our hearts with love and mercy

to be as loving towards our neighbor

as Jesus was to us.

Holy Spirit, guide us in this mission,

and Mother Mary, wrap your mantle around us

to give us that perseverance to finish,

as our Lord did, his passion. And we ask all this through Christ,

our Lord, amen. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.

Okay, so you saw from the slide there, we're going to answer things like, why did Jesus

write a donkey and a lot of other stuff. But we want to kind of recap this. We're going to answer things like, why did Jesus write a donkey and a lot of other

stuff? But we want to kind of recap this. I'm going to share my seminary notes with you, what I learned

about the Tritowum. I've done to talk on the Trituum as a whole, but never just on Palm Sunday.

And so let's talk about this because it very much is important no matter what time of year. So Palm Sunday. And so let's talk about this because it very much is important no matter what time

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