While God the Father did not will the death of the Son, we can still ask why the Father permitted it. The answer lies in the act of our creation.

The Crucifixion is not just an image of God’s love, but a mirror reflecting our sin back to us, saying, this is the evil you’re capable of.

Remember the jar of expensive, perfumed oil that Mary pours on Jesus’ feet. We know Mary, Martha and Lazarus weren’t rich, and this oil was expensive. They would have been saving it for a special occasion.

The dispossession Christ experienced in his crucifixion is an act of solidarity with the dispossessed of the world.

In Palm Sunday services at the Vatican, Pope Francis said that to admire Jesus "is not enough. We have to follow in his footsteps."

At the beginning of his Passion, Jesus bears witness to the truth as he allows himself to be proclaimed the messiah.