Palm Sunday is like a little glimpse of Easter, a bit of celebration after the somber tone of Lent. In many churches, the palms are saved and burned, and the ashes set aside to use the following year on Ash Wednesday.
The cyclic connection of these rituals provides us with touchstones, markers in the blur of our passing days. “We’ve done this before and we will do it again. All is well.”
Wage peace!
to acknowledge faith
declare love
confess failure
expose injustice
admit mistakes
Ride on: ride on in majesty;
The palms affirm with certainty
Their claim – you are Messiah King.
The crowds join in and loudly sing.
The shocking thing about the story of Jesus is that it turns common wisdom on its head.
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