"Ride on! Ride on in majesty!In lowly pomp ride on to die,
O Christ, Thy triumphs now begin
O'er captive death and conquered sin!"
"The cheering crowd that surged around Jesus on that first Palm Sunday recognized that He had no equal, yet there was something unsettling about Him. Jesus rode calmly into Jerusalem on a donkey although a stately war horse might have better suited the occasion. They recognized that Jesus had come from God, but they completely misunderstood His spritual mission. Do we pay tribute to Jesus because of who He is or just from what He can do for us? To honor Him means to obey Him and to die to our self-centered nature. On that first Palm Sunday, the crowd saw Him as their deliverer, but we are called to submit to Him as King, the One who has come to rule in our hearts."
Top image: Christ by Mikhail Alexandrovich Vrubel
