Sermon on Great Friday before the Holy Shroud. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Brothers and sisters, We will now venerate the Holy Shroud, the icon of our Lord Jesus Christ,

In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. The entrance of our Lord into Jerusalem, which we celebrate today, was something extraordinary. Though Jesus Christ many times came to Jerusalem for Jewish feasts,

In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Today, the Sunday of the Cross, we heard in the Gospel reading the words of our Lord Jesus Christ: “If anyone wants to come after