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THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, March 25, 2010
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I cannot remember cel-
ebrating Palm Sunday when I was little. I am sure we did, because my family was in church every Sun- day, but my memories are more of the Lenten break- fasts the teens went to before going to school on Wednesdays (a great time to see your friends from other schools!), the flower sale at the mall on Good Friday, and the feeling of excitement and springtime on Easter.
When I went to sem-
inary, Palm Sunday was important to the worship- ping community because we would scatter to our churches and to our homes on Easter. Later, when I had my own churches, it was fun to participate in the processionals with the choirs and children waving palm branches, to teach the children how to make palm crosses, and at least at this church, have a Jerusalem donkey in at- tendance! There are four stories
about Jesus coming into Jerusalem at the begin- ning of the week when he
February 25, 2010
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was crucified. This is the event we celebrate on Palm Sunday. The stories are slightly different, as any story is when it is told by four different people. In the synoptic gospels (meaning “same”) of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, the stories are very similar. Jesus sends a couple of disciples into town to get a donkey. Some stories say they got a colt, others say a donkey and her colt. All give the code to getting the animal as “The Lord has need of it.” Jesus then rides into Jeru- salem with people waving palm branches and laying their cloaks on the ground under the hooves of the donkey, as those around cry out “Hosanna!” as they welcome him. John tells the story dif-
ferently because his em- phasis is different – he isn’t interested as much in the public recognition as he is in the teachings of Jesus, so his story is full of “words.” This was a critical point
in the ministry of Jesus. In his earlier ministry, people had come to him, seeking healing and guid- ance. He met with them in fields and on beaches. He joined them at dinner in their homes. He met them at wells. In this story, he is going
into Jerusalem as a king. A king who rode a horse was considered a war king. A king on a donkey was a peace king, and so Jesus proclaimed himself in im- age rather than words. The people greeted him
as a triumphant king com- ing into the city. And that straw broke the camel’s back. At his birth, magi from
the east came to Herod and asked to see the new- born “King of the Jews”. That threat to Herod’s
power led him to persecute the child and kill other infants in his desire to protect himself. But things had been quiet for years and Old Herod was dead. Now Young Herod was on the throne and the threat arises again. Now the people are hail-
ing Jesus as king. He was a spiritual king, not a po- litical one, but how was Herod to understand this? The leaders of the Temple were threatened because they could see disaster looming if Jesus threat- ened the political struc- ture – as well as the reli- gious one. He had to be stopped be- fore this got out of hand. Jesus didn’t make the
situation any better when he went into the Temple and destroyed the tables of the merchants who were selling sacrificial animals and exchanging Temple coin for Roman coin, charging exorbitant fees. Now another group was angry with him. Before the end of the
week he would be arrested, tried at a kangaroo court, and crucified. The Romans, the Temple
leaders, and the Temple merchants thought it was all over. Their power was safe again. I wonder how the rest of
the people felt, the ones who had cried “Hosanna!” Did they feel responsible? Were they horrified? Did they look to the disciples for a new leader? Were they the ones who later yelled “Crucify!” or were they hiding wondering if the purge would include them as well? How do we feel when we
are in the middle of a story and don’t know what will happen? When we make a public choice and then see
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