Palm Sunday, Year B Mark 14, 1-15,47

When Jesus solemnly entered Jerusalem, no one suspected he would die on Good Friday. Today, we will hear the Passion of Jesus. The Passion shows that Jesus had to experience failure and condemnation. Everything Jesus did, he did with trust in his Father. His Father knows about him, and everything is under his control. The wickedness of the world did not have the last word. Jesus died with the words: “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit!” Jesus’ life was neither the life of a shipwrecked man nor a desperate man. God can prepare every person for the beginning of a new life where he sees only failure.
The story of Jesus’ suffering invites us to change our everyday pessimistic view and see everything from God’s perspective. This is a great enrichment. What is a minus for us, we can recognize as a plus through the eyes of God. God has already begun a new life in the situation we are experiencing. In a word, let us look at our lives with the eyes of God!