Palm Sunday:
April 9th, 2006
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29
Mark 11:1-11
John 12:12-16
The Triumphal Entry of Jesus Into Jerusalem
Palm Sunday represents a day that is both simple and complex to celebrate in the Lenten calendar. It is easy to focus on how Jesus entered Jerusalem on the back of a donkey as people threw down their cloaks and some palm branches for their Messiah to travel upon, but it quite difficult for us to interpret and/or understand how the mood, tone, and actions of the people degenerated so quickly over the course of the upcoming week. I feel that such an intense confusion is especially true regarding those people who had been “religiously†following Jesus as his disciples, because, of all people, they should have stayed with/by Jesus during the upcoming Week of Hell (though this week’s official name is “Holy Weekâ€). Yes, I do realize that the people’s forsaking of Jesus in His hour of need was prophesied, but it still doesn’t make sense why it had to happen. Maybe it just goes to show how fleeting human loyalties really are, and, if so, that’s a rather telling condemnation upon human nature.
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