Formerly known as Palm Sunday, beginning the time of the Paschal Mystery, it is now normally called Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion or Passion Sunday.
Once again this responsorial psalm has been shortened for liturgical purposes. Go to your Bible to read the full text if possible
Because its first line, which in this rendering is also the antiphon or responsorial verse, was spoken by Jesus from the cross, this psalm may be styled as messianic. Indeed other verses, “They have pierced my hands and my feet,” and “they divide my garments among them, and for my vesture they cast lots” are found in Passion narratives.
Then there is a lamentation psalm in which the psalmist is an innocent man suffering persecution. It reflects the ordeals of the Suffering Servant (Isaiah 52:13-53:1) and is most appropriate for the liturgical celebration that begins the final days of Lent.
The psalmist is rescued and restored to his community reminding us that while we contemplate the sufferings of Jesus, it is His victory, the Resurrection, that we celebrate.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Psalm 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24
℟. (2a) My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
All who see me scoff at me;
they mock me with parted lips, they wag their heads:
“He relied on the LORD; let him deliver him,
let him rescue him, if he loves him.”
℟. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
Indeed, many dogs surround me,
a pack of evildoers closes in upon me;
They have pierced my hands and my feet;
I can count all my bones.
℟. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
They divide my garments among them,
and for my vesture they cast lots.
But you, O LORD, be not far from me;
O my help, hasten to aid me.
℟. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
I will proclaim your name to my brethren;
in the midst of the assembly I will praise you:
“You who fear the LORD, praise him;
all you descendants of Jacob, give glory to him;
revere him, all you descendants of Israel!”
℟. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
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