Palm Sunday
Hosanna! Hosanna! Crucify him! Crucify him!
A Day of Discordance Did you feel it? The dissonance, the discordance of the morning? Something that doesn’t quite fit, or make sense? Did you feel the tension, the discomfort that’s built into this day, the Sunday of the Passion with the Liturgy of the Palms, a day that involves both triumph and torture? A few minutes ago we were with the crowd shouting out “Hosanna!” and rejoicing in Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. And just moments ago, we were with the crowd shouting “Crucify him!” … [Read more...]