Mass Resources for Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord (Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms)

This post contains resources (mostly biblical and homiletic) for both the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms of the Roman Rite. I hope to add updates to both forms several times before Sunday Morning.

ORDINARY FORM
PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD

READINGS AND OFFICE:

• Today’s Mass Readings.
• Today’s Divine Office.

Commentary on the Procession with the Palms Reading. One can use either Mark 11:1-10 or John 12:12-16.

• On Mark: Navarre Bible Commentary on Mark 11:1-10.
• On Mark: Fr. Philip’s Podcast Study of Mark’s Gospel. Study begins at 10:40.
• On Mark: EWTN Podcast Study of Mark’s Gospel. Listen to episode 11.
• UPDATE on Mark: Speaking of Scripture blog on Mark 11:7-9. An excerpt from Mary Healy’s Commentary on Mark, part of a new Series of books entitled Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture.
• On John: Navarre Bible Commentary on John 12:12-16.
• On John: Word Sunday on John 12:12-16.
• On John: Aquinas’ Catena Aurea on John 12:12-16.
• On John: Fathers Nolan’s And Brown’s Commentary on John 12:12-16.
• On John: St Cyril of Alexandria’s Commentary on John 12:12-16.

Commentaries on the First Reading:

• Navarre Bible Commentary on Isaiah 50: 4-7.
• Word Sunday’s Notes on Isaiah 50:4-7.

Commentaries on the Responsorial Psalm:

• A Patristic/Medieval Commentary on Psalm 22. Pdf document. The commentary on the text actually begins near the bottom of page 2. What precedes the actual commentary is a presentation of the various uses made of the Psalm in the ancient liturgies and, also, the various antiphons used.
• St Augustine’s Notes on Psalm 22.
• St Thomas Aquinas’ Lecture on Psalm 22. Latin and English side by side.

Commentaries on the Second Reading:

• Father de Piconio’s (de Picquigny”s) Commentary on Philippians 2:6-11.
• (1) St John Chrysostom’s First Homiletic on Philippians 2:6-11.
• (2) St John Chrysostom’s Second Homiletic on Philippians 2:6-11.
• Father Callan’s Commentary on Philippians 2:6-11.
• Pope John Paul II’s Commentary on Philippians 2:6-11.
• Navarre Bible Commentary on Philippians 2:6-11.
• Word Sunday’s Notes on Philippians 2:6-11.
• Haydock Bible Commentary on Philippians 2:6-11.

Commentaries on the Gospel Reading: Allows for a longer (Mark 14:1-15:47) or shorter (Mark 15:1-39) reading.

• Longer Reading: Navarre Bible Commentary on Mark 14:1-15:47.
• Pending: Longer Reading: Aquinas’ Catena Aurea on Mark 14:1-15:47.
• Longer Reading: Father Donald Senior (in six parts). A synopsis of his famous THE PASSION OF JESUS IN THE GOSPEL OF MARK.
  • Fidelity and Betrayal: The Passion Begins.
  • The Final Passover.
  • Gethsemane: Prayer and Arrest.
  • Confession and Denial: Interrogation by the Sanhedrin.
  • The Roman Trial.
  • Crucifixion.
• Longer Reading: Haydock Bible Commentary on 14:1-15:47.
• Longer Reading: Sunday Gospel Scripture Study Podcast. Video.
• Shorter Reading: Word Sunday (in three parts):
  • Part 1 on Mark 15:1-13.
  • Part 2 on Mark 15:14-26.
  • Part 3 on Mark 15:27-39.
• EWTN’s Podcast Study of Mark’s Gospel. Listen to episode 13.

Homilies, Podcasts, Other Stuff:

• John Henry Newman’s Homily on Philippians 2:6-11. Text.
• Bishop Bonomelli’s Homily on Philippians 2:6-11. Text.
• St Martha’s Podcast. Audio. Usually studies the readings in some detail.
• Franciscan Sister’s Bible Study Podcast. Audio. Available later in the week.
• Dr. Scott Hahn’s Podcast. Audio (text too). Brief, does good job of highlighting the themes.
• Father Robert Barron’s Podcast Homily. Audio.
• UPDATE: Mark’s Passion Narrative and the Apocalyptic Discourse. Audio, 11 minutes. Catholic biblical scholar, Dr. Michael Barber’s brief podcast on the important relationship between Mark 13 (the apocalyptic discourse) and the passion narrative. He looks at the crucifixion as an end time event. Includes handy outline. Podcast player is under the outline.
• UPDATE: Palm Sunday and the Passion Narrative in Mark. Another, longer audio podcast by Dr Michael Barber (53 minutes). This one begins by focusing on the entry into Jerusalem, but the bulk of the talk is on the Passion according to Mark. Scroll down for podcast player.

EXTRAORDINARY FORM
PASSION SUNDAY
Dominica II Passionis seu in Palmis ~ I. classis

General:

• Roman Missal. Latin and English side by side. Be sure correct date is set.
• Roman Breviary. Latin and English side by side. Be sure correct date is set.
• All About Palm Sunday.
• The History Of Palm Sunday.

Commentaries on Psalm 24 (23): Used during the distribution of the palms.

• St Thomas Aquinas’ Lecture on Psalm 24 (Ps 23). The Latin Vulgate and Greek Septuagint number this psalm 23.
• Pope John Paul II’s Commentary/Meditation on Psalm 24.
• Part 1: A Patristic Medieval/Commentary on Psalm 24. Verses 1-6.
• Part 2: A Patristic/Medieval Commentary on Psalm 24. Verses 7-10.

Commentaries on Psalm 47 (46): Also used during distribution of the palms.

• Aquinas’ Lecture on Psalm 47. Psalm 46 in his translation which followed the Greek Septuagint.

Commentaries on Matthew 21:1-9: the Palm Procession Reading

• Maldonado’s Commentary on Matthew 21:1-9. Post is actually on verses 1-11.
• Aquinas’ Catena Aurea on Matthew 21:1-9. On verses 1-11, actually.

Commentaries on Psalm 147: 12-20:

• Pope John Paul II’s Commentary/Meditation on Psalm 147:12-20.
• St Albert the Great’s Commentary on Psalm 147:12-20.

Commentaries on the Epistle Reading:

• Father de Piconio’s (de Picquigny”s) Commentary on Philippians 2:6-11.
• (1) St John Chrysostom’s First Homiletic on Philippians 2:6-11.
• (2) St John Chrysostom’s Second Homiletic on Philippians 2:6-11.
• Father Callan’s Commentary on Philippians 2:6-11.
• Pope John Paul II’s Commentary on Philippians 2:6-11.
• Navarre Bible Commentary on Philippians 2:6-11.
• Word Sunday’s Notes on Philippians 2:6-11.
• Haydock Bible Commentary on Philippians 2:6-11.

Commentaries on the Gospel Reading:

• Part 1: Aquinas’ Commentary on the Passion According to Matthew (On Matt 26:1-75).
• Part 2: Aquinas’ Catena Aurea on the Passion According to Matthew (On Matt 27:1-66).
• Father Donald Senior on the Passion According to St Matthew (in 6 parts). A synopsis of his famous study THE PASSION OF JESUS IN THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW.
  • • The Gathering Storm Matthew 26:1-16
    • The Kairos Matthew 26:17-35
    • Gethsemane Matthew 26:36-56
    • Jesus on Trial Matthew 26:57-27:10
    • The Messiah Condemned Matthew 27:11-31
    • The Dawn of a New Age Matthew 27:33-66

Homilies:

• The Mental Sufferings of our Lord in His Passion. A homily by St John Henry Cardinal Newman from his Discourses to Mixed congregations.
• Bishop Fulton J. Sheen.  Three talks delivered on Good Friday in 1977.  These are only lengthy parts of a three hour talk and not the full presentation, nonetheless, they are excellent.
  • Part 1.
  • Part 2.
  • Part 3.