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<u>Palm Sunday Masses:</u> <b>10:00am</b>, 1:00pm, 5:00pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1D1C1D;mso-ligatures:none">Palm Sunday</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1D1C1D;mso-ligatures:none"> is more than a passing moment of enthusiasm;
it <b>is a real invitation to choose Christ</b>. As Saint John Paul II urged at the beginning of his pontificate, “Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors to Christ”
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1D1C1D;mso-ligatures:none">(Inaugural Homily, 1978),</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1D1C1D;mso-ligatures:none"> and let Him walk with you in a real
and lasting way. He reminded young people that Christ “calls you to be His friends”
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1D1C1D;mso-ligatures:none">(World Youth Day Message, 2000),</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1D1C1D;mso-ligatures:none"> inviting you into a relationship
that endures through both joy and struggle. Palm Sunday quietly asks for courage, the courage to stand for what is true, to love generously, and to remain close to Christ even when it is difficult.
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">It is only in Christ that we live in a way that brings contentment to our hearts and discover the peace our restlessness seeks.</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1D1C1D;mso-ligatures:none"><br>
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<b>Enter this Holy Week</b> then, not as a distant observer, but <b>as someone personally invited to walk beside Jesus</b>, trusting, as Saint John Paul preached to millions of young people, that “it is Jesus you seek when you dream of happiness”
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1D1C1D;mso-ligatures:none">(World Youth Day Vigil, Tor Vergata, 2000).</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1D1C1D;mso-ligatures:none"> And he explains
why: “man cannot fully find himself except through a sincere gift of himself” </span>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1D1C1D;mso-ligatures:none">(<i>Redemptor Hominis</i>, 1979).</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1D1C1D;mso-ligatures:none"> In other words, it is precisely in
giving your life to Christ, and learning to give yourself in love, that you begin to discover your life’s deepest meaning and its lasting fulfillment.</span><span style="color:#1D1C1D;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">Blessings and peace,</span><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">Reverend Michael B. Medas, MSW</span><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">Catholic Chaplain | Director of Catholic Ministry</span><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">40 Massachusetts Ave.</span><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR" style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">Cambridge, MA 02139</span><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">“Jesus loves you always, even when you don’t feel worthy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">When not accepted by others, even by yourself sometimes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">He is the one who always accepts you. Only believe, you are precious to Him.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">Bring all you are suffering to His feet, only open your heart to be loved by Him as you are.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino;mso-ligatures:none">He will do the rest.” Saint Mother Teresa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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