We celebrate this Mass with your virtual participation. People of Jerusalem welcomed the son of David in person. Last year you were here in the church to welcome the Son of God spiritually. This year we welcome Jesus Christ in our hearts, households, parish, our country and the world which fights the coronavirus.

Now begins the Holy week. Even the Pope will celebrate this week without the presence of the faithful. There is nobody in the church except 5 people. But we include everybody in the world in our prayers. You are isolated and confined in your houses. Yet we are united in one spirit.

This Holy week is unique, because the entire world suffers. Everyone is keenly aware of its pain, its fear and its longing for recovery. Today we extend our arms to embrace the whole world, because our pain is the pain of the world and the fear of the world is our fear. So, in this week pray for the world; by this, we pray for ourselves.   

On this day people kept crying out and saying: “Hosanna to the Son of David. Hosanna means “Save please!” We should also acclaim our savior despite this desperate situation. Priest Ezra said, “Do not be saddened this day, for rejoicing in the LORD is your strength!”

When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was shaken. As Jesus makes His entry today, the whole world should be shaken with hope, trust and love. May God bless us and our world!