You have to draw close to hear the words, for a crucified man struggles to speak, his lungs crushed under the pressure of his own weight, even as his body screams to him in pain.

Msgr. Joseph Prior explains this Sunday's Palm Sunday Gospel account of Jesus’ crucifixion and death as a celebration of God’s love, a costly love that knows no bounds.

We believe in One Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God … of one Being with the Father … [who] was made man … he suffered death and … he rose again … and is seated at the right hand of ...