Palm Sunday marks the start of Holy Week, the annual memorial of the death and resurrection of Christ.  Through our services this week we share in Christ’s journey, from his triumphal entry into Jerusalem to the empty tomb on Easter morning.  Today begins outside the church as we echo the excitement and anticipation of Jesus’ followers joyfully waving palms as he enters Jerusalem as told in Matthew 21:1-11.  Our procession, like that in the gospel, is led not by chariots and horses but by a donkey, signifying that God’s idea of leadership is not at all the same as that of the kings of the world.  Once in church we turn towards the cross as the Passion gospel, Matthew 27:11-54, is read and the events of Holy Week are anticipated.  This solemn passage offers us a different vision of leadership: in which the servant king pours out all that he has for the sake of the world God loves.

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