Yesterday in the triumph of Palm Sunday, we saw Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey's colt, fulfilling ancient prophecy, we saw the palms waving, and the crowd yelling:
"Blessed is the king
who comes in the name of the Lord!
Peace in heaven,
and glory in the highest heaven!"
In the tradition of our parish, we read the entire Passion on Palm Sunday. Parts are distributed to the congregation, and we all have th part of the crowd. So, before the morning was over, we went from the emotional high of the crowds shouting praise, to the horror of the same crowd shouting "Crucify Him"!
It is amazing how we humans can turn on someone when they don't meet our expectations. How when they do not fulfill what we want them to do, we become angry and scream out our frustrations at them. Every time I have to say those words: "Crucify Him!", they send a chill up my spine. I know....had I been there, how very, very easy it would have been to go along with the crowd, and turn on the One Who was the King.
How have we all turned on Him this very week?
MIT,
You are right. I can be guilty of turning on people too. Thanks for the reminder.
Posted by: Kevin Bussey | April 02, 2007 at 05:38 PM
Which Gospel do you use in your reading? Or do you vary that from year-to-year?
Posted by: Paul | April 03, 2007 at 12:13 PM
Hi Paul,
It varies on a yearly cycle. This year is year C of the Revised Common Lectionary - therefore we used Luke 23 :)
Posted by: Monk-in-Training | April 03, 2007 at 07:52 PM
That must be hard to: Crucify him. It sends chills up my spine just thinking about it. Have a blessed holy week.
More fire!
Jason
www.morefire.wordpress.com
Posted by: Storbakken | April 03, 2007 at 08:15 PM
Thanks Terry. I'm still getting accustomed to the whole lectionary thing - though I used it through Advent and then again for this past Sunday and the one coming up.
Posted by: Paul | April 03, 2007 at 11:26 PM
I have been trying to identify the black & white image of the entry in to Jerusalem above (title, artist, date) and can't track it down on the web. Any chance you might be able to identify this piece of artwork and the artist?
I'm referring to your post on April 2, 2007:
http://monasticmumblings.typepad.com/monastic_mumblings_a_fria/2007/04/crucify_him.html
Thanks,
Rev. Chris Smith
Saint Louis, MO
Posted by: Chris Smith | March 23, 2010 at 09:55 AM
I am sorry, Rev. Smith, but I don't remember where It came from. Sorry.
Posted by: Monk-in-training | March 23, 2010 at 09:54 PM