PALM SUNDAY SCRIPT

ENTRY OF JESUS INTO JERUSALEM

JESUS: "Go to the village ahead of you, and you will find a donkey tied up."
Untie it and bring it to me. (Jesus mounts the donkey and the people begin to
to say
PEOPLE: “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of
Lord! Hosanna in the heavens!” (we all walk to the Chapel)

HOLY THURSDAY SCRIPT

SCENE OF THE FOOT WASHING
NARRATOR: Before the Passover feast, knowing that Jesus had come...
time to leave this world for the Father, he, who had loved his own that
they were in the world, he loved them to the end. During the Supper, when the
the demon had already inspired Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, the purpose of
to deliver it, knowing Jesus that the Father had put everything in his hands and
that he had come from God and was returning to God,

NARRATOR: (Jesus follows the narrator's instructions) got up from the

table, he took off the cloak and tied a towel around his waist. Then
poured water into a container and began to wash the feet of the disciples and to
drying them off with the towel he had around his waist. When he approached Simón
Pedro, he said to him:
PEDRO: "Are You going to wash my feet, Lord?"
JESUS: "You cannot understand now what I am doing, but later you will.
you will understand.
PEDRO: You will never wash my feet!
JESUS: "If I do not wash your feet, you will not be able to share with me."

PEDRO: not only the feet, but also the hands and the head!
JESUS: "He who has bathed does not need to wash anything but his feet, because
it's completely clean. You all are clean too, although not
everyone
NARRATOR: He knew who was going to betray him and that's why he had said: 'Not everyone
you are clean.” After having washed their feet, he put on the
Manto returned to the table and told them:

JESUS "Do you understand what I just did with you? You call me
Master and Lord, and they are right, for I am. If I, who am the Lord and the
Master, I have washed your feet, you must also wash each other's feet.
to others.

SCENE OF THE LAST SUPPER OF THE LORD

NARRATOR: At dusk, Jesus was sitting at the table with the twelve.
While they were eating, he told them:

JESUS: I assure you that one of you will betray me.

APOSTLES: They were very saddened, and one by one they began to
ask him: Am I the one, Lord?
JESUS: The one who dips his hand with me in the dish is the one who will betray me.

JUDAS: Is it I, master?
JESUS: You said it
NARRATOR: While they were eating, Jesus took bread and blessed it. Then he broke it and
he gave it to his disciples, saying to them:

JESUS: Take and eat; this is my body.

NARRATOR: Then he took the cup, gave thanks, and offered it to them, saying:
JESUS: Take and drink This is my blood of the new covenant, which is for many
spilled. I tell you that I will not drink of the fruit of the vine again until that day in
that he may drink it in the Kingdom of God
JESUS: Judas, go do what you have been commanded. (Judas leaves the
scenario
JESUS: Let's go, my hour has come

SCENE OF THE OLIVE GROVE AND ARREST OF JESUS

NARRATOR: Going out, he went with his disciples to the Mount of Olives.
When he arrived at that place, he said to them:

JESUS: Pray that you do not fall into temptation.

NARRATOR: Jesus separated himself from the group and sat on a stone to pray and
said:
JESUS: Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.
but yours.
NARRATOR: When he got up from prayer, he saw that a group was coming.
soldiers and raised his disciples because they were sleeping on the
grass. Judas, one of the twelve, went ahead of them; and approached Jesus
to kiss him.
JUDAS: Oh master! Then Jesus said to him:

JESUS: Judas, do you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?

SOLDIER: Take him away...
 LIVING VIA CRUCIS
I STATION: Jesus is condemned to death
NARRATOR: Jesus appeared before the governor, who interrogated him:
PILATE: Are you the king of the Jews?
JESUS: You have said it.
PILATE: Do you hear everything they accuse you of? Bring Barabbas, as is customary.
Of these feasts, I must release one. Whom do you want me to release? Barabbas or
to Jesus?
PEOPLE: Barrabás, Barrabás
PILATE: And what do you want me to do with Jesus?

VILLAGE: Crucify him, Crucify him

PILATE: (washing his hands he says) I am not guilty of the blood that is going to be shed.
Spill it. Whip him and crucify him.

II STATION: Jesus carries the cross

NARRATOR: Jesus went out bearing his own cross, to a place called
The Skull, in Hebrew Golgotha. Whoever does not carry their cross and follow me does not
You can be my disciple, says the Lord.
SOLDIERS: Long live the King of the Jews, ha ha ha (they whip him, they put on him the
crown of thorns and the cross

III STATION: Jesus falls for the first time

NARRATOR: Christ, despite his divine condition, did not boast of his
category; but by denying himself, taking the form of
servant, made in the likeness of men and being in the condition of a man,
he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death of
cross. Therefore God also highly exalted Him and gave Him a name that
it is above all name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow
of those who are in the heavens, and on the earth, and beneath the earth.

SOLDIERS: (They whip and mock Jesus, while he gets up)

slowly from the ground)

IV STATION: Jesus meets His Mother Mary

NARRATOR: And Simeon blessed them, and said to his mother Mary: Behold, this is
a position for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign that
it will be contradicted and a sword will pierce your very soul, so that they may be
revealed the thoughts of many hearts.
SOLDIERS: (They let her approach to comfort Jesus and then they pull her away.
violently)

AT THE STATION: The Cyrenean helps Jesus carry the cross

NARRATOR: They called a certain Simon of Cyrene, who was coming from the field, and they
They put the cross on top for him to carry after Jesus.
SOLDIER: Look, come and help him.

VI STATION: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus

NARRATOR: For the God who said, 'Let the light shine from the depths of the darkness' has
shining in our hearts, so that the knowledge of the
glory of God reflected in the face of Christ.
VERONICA: (She approaches Jesus and wipes his face, then shows it to the...
people) Miracle, miracle my Lord.
 SEVENTH STATION: Jesus falls for the second time

NARRATOR: But he bore our sufferings and carried our...

ailments, and we considered him struck, wounded by God and
humbled. He was pierced by our rebellions and crushed by our
iniquities. The punishment that brings us peace was on him, and by his wounds
we were healed.
SOLDIERS: (They continue to whip him, while Jesus tries to get up from the ground)

EIGHTH STATION: Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem

NARRATOR: And a great multitude of the people and women who were weeping followed him.
they mourned for him. But Jesus, turning to them, said: (A group
of women approaches Jesus
JESUS: Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

Ninth Station: Jesus falls for the third time

NARRATOR: When being mistreated, he would humiliate himself and wouldn't even open his mouth: like
a lamb led to the slaughter. "He loved me and gave himself up to death for
me.

SOLDIERS: (They keep whipping him while Jesus tries to get up from the ground)

X STATION: Jesus is stripped of his garments

NARRATOR: All my bones can be counted; they look at me with an air of

triumph, they divide my clothes among themselves and cast lots for my tunic... But you, Lord, do not
stay away, you who are my strength, come quickly to help me...
SOLDIERS: (While they strip Jesus, they draw lots for his clothes and lay him down)
about the cross and they nail the feet and the hands

XI STATION: Jesus is crucified

NARRATOR: Above the head, they placed a sign with the accusation: 'This
is Jesus, the King of the Jews." They crucified with him two bandits, one at the
one to the right and another to the left. Those who passed by insulted him and said
shaking his head: 'You who destroyed the temple and rebuilt it in three
Days, save yourself at this moment; if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

JESUS: 'Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.'

HIGH PRIESTS: He has saved others and he cannot save himself. Let him come down.
Now from the cross and we will believe him.

EVIL THIEF: If you are truly the Son of God, save yourself and save us.
we.

GOOD THIEF: Shut up...! Do you not even fear God at the hour of death?
You and I deserve it because we are criminals, but this one, what wrong has it done?
done? (Then he looks at Jesus and says:) Jesus remember me when you are in
Your Kingdom.

JESUS: "I assure you, today you will be with me in Paradise"

NARRATOR: Near the cross of Jesus stood the Mother of Jesus, with Mary, the
sister of Mary wife of Cleopas and Mary Magdalene. Jesus, upon seeing the
Mother and beside her the disciple she loved the most, said to the Mother:

JESUS: "Woman, you have your son there"

NARRATOR: Then he said to the disciple

JESUS: "Son, here is your mother"

(Juan takes María by the arms and pulls her away from the scene)
NARRATOR: And from the sixth hour there were darkness over all the land until the
ninth hour. Then Jesus exclaimed:

JESUS: (desperate, he exclaims loudly) "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
have you abandoned?

NARRATOR: After this, knowing Jesus that everything was already

consummated, he said, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled he said:

JESUS: "I am thirsty"

NARRATOR: And there was a vessel full of vinegar; then they

they soaked a sponge in vinegar, and putting it on a swab, they
they approached his mouth. When Jesus had taken the vinegar, he said:

JESUS: "Everything is fulfilled"

TWELFTH STATION: Jesus dies on the cross

NARRATOR: And when it was about the sixth hour, there were mist over all the
earth until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn.
in the middle. Then Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said:

JESUS: 'Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.'

NARRATOR: And having said this, he expired. And when the centurion saw what
had happened, gave glory to God, saying:

SOLDIER: Truly this man was righteous.

NARRATOR: And all the crowd of those who were present at this
show, upon seeing what had happened, were striking their chests.

XIII STATION: Jesus is taken down from the Cross

NARRATOR: When they came to Jesus, and saw that he was already dead, they did not
they broke his legs. But one of the soldiers opened his side with a
he pierced, and instantly blood and water came out. Because these things happened to
that the Scripture might be fulfilled: A bone of him shall not be broken. And also another
Scripture says: They will look at the one they pierced.

Jesus is Buried
NARRATOR: They took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the
perfumes, according to the burial custom of the Jews. In the place
where he had been crucified there was a garden, and in it a new tomb,
the one that had not been buried. Since it was the eve of the Jewish holiday and
as the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.

SCENE OF THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS

FIFTEENTH STATION: Jesus Rises

NARRATOR: At dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the
another Mary went to visit the tomb. Suddenly, there was a great
earthquake from the ground: the Angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone of
tomb and sat upon it. His appearance was like that of lightning and his
the coats were white as snow

ANGEL: Women do not be afraid, Jesus is not here; he has risen as he had said.
Let it be said; go and give the news.

NARRATOR: The disciples received the news with doubt and then they were
Jesus appears saying:

JESUS: Peace be with you, receive the Holy Spirit and go forth
world and preach the Gospel.