PODCAST | Palm Sunday and Humility
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Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week. What does our Lord try to teach us through today’s celebration?
In this podcast, Fr Javier del Castillo helps us to reflect on the lessons that we can learn from the “little things” of today’s Gospel- the donkey, the palm branches, and the rocks. Their apparently insignificant role in today’s Gospel “point us to a deeper humility that will allow us to know the truth and have the courage to live by it.”
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Rev. Javier del Castillo
Fr. Javier del Castillo is a priest of the Prelature of Opus Dei and currently serves as President of the St. Josemaria Institute. He earned a degree in electronic engineering and moved to Rome to complete his ecclesiastical studies, where he was ordained a priest in 2005 and earned a doctorate in Philosophy from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in 2007. He worked as a chaplain in high schools in the Washington, D.C. and Chicago areas for several years, offering spiritual accompaniment to students, parents, and teachers. From 2015 on, he served as the vicar of Opus Dei in the midwest; he was appointed regional vicar of the United States in 2022. He became vicar of the United States and Canada in 2024, following the restructuring of the regions, until his appointment as Vicar General in April 2025.
This was an excellent, and very inspirational podcast. The thoughts conveyed will be very helpful in my quest for holiness and in helping others to understand the importance of prayer and apostolate. Thank you!
Excellent Podcast on the Feastday of Our Father [St. Josemaria Escriva]!