12/04/2025

Palm Sunday

Passion Sunday, which in the earlier decades of my life, was always called Palm Sunday, can be seen as an overture for the whole of Holy Week.

It starts off in triumph on Sunday the first day of the week and, ending in disaster, enables the following week to begin in a far more magnificent triumph, The Resurrection.

Holy Week, is quite a week.

Monday , clearing of The Temple - a possible trigger for the Jewish Leaders to decide to get rid of Jesus, a troublemaker.

Tuesday, Jesus goes to the Mount of Olives where, on Thursday night, Judas will carry out his betrayal. It seems that for someone used to peaceful nights in Galilee, Jerusalem was far too noise – and probably smelly – for a decent night’s sleep.

Wednesday, "Spy Wednesday" Judas plots his betrayal. We can only guess what his motivation was.

Thursday, the Last Supper, the first celebration of The Eucharist, followed by the arrest of Jesus - and Peter’s betrayal. John’s Gospel, emphasising that the life of Jesus was one of service – includes the Washing of The Feet.

Friday, The grisly, awful Passion, Crucifixion and death of Jesus, His immense  patience, generosity and courage making Him - for me  -  intensely inspirational and loveable.

Saturday, deathly, hopeless, silence

Sunday, the first day of the Christian week demonstrates that Yeshua bar Jonah  - Jesus The Christ - is in fact as well as a human is also, and above all, The Son of God.God in our human vernacular. 

As in his life, so in ours, death in space-time is birth into Divine Eternity.

Christ – Greek for the Jewish word Messiah, the anointed, the Chosen , does save his people. He saves us from eternal death  for eternal life in Paradise.