Sorry to say, Palm Sunday celebrations are my least favorite in the Liturgical life of the Church. It seems so phony to me, because we know what happens immediately after the entrance hymns are sung, and the liturgical dance is over. We know what the nuvo-Scribes and Pharisees are planning. We know he will be abandoned and betrayed and even denied by his priests and bishops and so many of us. It's the schizoid nature of the Church, the contradiction of the Cross, which stands out for me this day. It reminds me that popular opinion and politics are destined to disappoint. The message of the Cross is foolishness to the worldly minded, therefore I'm content to be an ass on this day.
For me it is lesson in the fickleness of men. How a person can go from adulation to disdain in the flash of an eye.
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