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The Agony in the Garedn El Greco [ Web Gallery of Art] The First Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary Readings   (New American Bible: Philippines, USA) Readings (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, India [optional], Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa) First Reading   Isaiah 52:13 – 53:12 ( New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition, Canada)     See, my servant shall prosper;      he shall be exalted and lifted up,      and shall be very high. Just as there were many who were astonished at him      —so marred was his appearance, beyond human semblance,      and his form beyond that of mortals— so he shall startle many nations;      kings shall shut their mouths because of him; for that which had not been told them they shall see,      and that which they had not heard they shall contemplate. Who has believed what we have heard?      And to whom has the arm of the  Lord  been revealed? For he grew up before him

Christ's Entry inot Jerusalem Melozzo da Forli [ Web Gallery of Art ] The Commemoration of the Lord’s Entrance into Jerusalem Matthew 21:1-11 . When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, ‘Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, just say this, “The Lord needs them.” And he will send them immediately.’   This took place to fulfil what had been spoken through the prophet, saying, ‘Tell the daughter of Zion, Look, your king is coming to you,     humble, and mounted on a donkey,         and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’ The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them; they brought the donkey and the colt, and put their cloaks on them, and he sat on them. A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees an