Palm/ Passion Sunday 2024
M. Campbell-Langdell All Santos, Oxnard How do you move forward, when you do not know the way? Jesus has walked this path all the time. Although from Nazareth, he would have frequented Jerusalem for the religious festivals each year, perhaps from various different abodes. And yet, this time is different. He sends the disciples out to get the colt. He even prepares them for the why and wherefore- knowing that it will seem odd. Why are you untying someone’s animal? They should say The Lord needs it. And it will be returned. Jesus does this to fulfill a scripture, the words of Zechariah brought to life. To show that he, Jesus, is the true King of the people. Many have made a lot of the fact that two processions were happening at the same time- an imperial parade with chariots and horses, and this humble parade of Jesus’. Palms laid under foot. Hosannas proclaimed! As Roger Waters says in the Sabeel Pamphlet “Holy Week with Gaza,” “The arrival of Jesus in Jerusalem on a donke