Beautiful sunny day today. I ended up not going to church this morning. Jeff took my mom to 8 am Mass. I am in the lowest cycle of my white count and really feeling kind of tired and weak...almost flu-like. My muscles all hurt etc. Thought it best not to catch a "bug". We have a lot to be thankful for today as I have NO fever or chills to indicate an infection. Thank you God.
Anna is here and keeping me company as usual. I love the weekends for that. I also get Jeff home today too! We won't do anything too special...just enjoy each other.
Wow...the birds are coming around like crazy.....I think they look forward to spring too. I have a pair of cardinals hanging around, I hope they nest in my trees. The chickadees, junco's and goldfinches are out in force too. Sometimes there are 12 birds on one seed bag!
Hugs, Janet
PALM SUNDAY TODAY
Palm Sunday—Entry into Jerusalem
Also known as Passion Sunday, this Sunday before Easter remembers Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem near the end of a public ministry spent almost entirely outside Israel’s capital city.
When Jesus entered the city with his entourage, people laid palm branches on the road before him and greeted him as the long-awaited Messiah, shouting, “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!”
Their celebrating didn’t last long. As they heard his teachings and saw his behavior, both religious leaders and people on the streets turned against Jesus. Within days, the adoring crowds were shouting, “Crucify him!”
Each Gospel relates the next few days differently, but the common elements are:
- Jesus entered Jerusalem and began to teach the people about the Kingdom of God and the leaders about their hypocrisy and God’s coming judgment;
- he threw money-changers out of the Temple and sparked a growing conspiracy against him;
- he shared a “last supper” with his friends;
- he was betrayed by Judas Iscariot, one of his key disciples;
- and, after being arrested, was handed over to the Roman authorities for execution as an enemy of Caesar.
Palm Sunday worship typically begins with a Procession of Palms and then moves on to chronicle the rest of the week with a somber reading of the Passion Gospel (this year Luke 23.1-49), in which the rejection, suffering and death of Jesus are on full display and Christians are reminded that their faith originates in Jesus’ humble submission to death on a cross. Worship typically ends in silence, and the stage is set for Holy Week.
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