Luke 19:28-40
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In Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem we witness an alternative to earthly power — a different vision of divine power in trust and love.
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Figuring out how to deal with Palm and Passion Sunday is tricky. And Christian tradition hasn’t made any of it any easier, or better.
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Our approach to Holy Week ought to reflect our compassion and the vision we have learned from Jesus, of love and generosity and hope.
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Celebrating Palm Sunday forces us to recognize what responsibility we have. And what responsibility we pretend we don’t have.
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The strangeness of the Palm and the Passion is that they enter into a mystery we long for and refuse equally.