What they didn’t recognize is that Jesus brought them something that they had never had before-peace, truth, justice, and love. “Hosanna”, “the Coming One”, the one who restores Jerusalem. Moriah and the place of the temple.Īt this moment, the crowd sees him as a king, as one who will get them out of where they are. The road is a steep decline into the Garden of Gethsemane and then begins to ascend toward Mt. of Olives, winding his way toward Jerusalem. At this moment Jesus begins the sharp descent down the Mt. But they still did not comprehend what he had said. The disciples should have known what was happening. The celebratory parade is also a protest march. He is no longer in the villages and open country of his home. Here, though, Jesus is in the bustling capital city. (Similar to coming into the world through a virgin womb.) Jesus is different. There is some significance, though, to the idea of him riding a colt that has never been ridden. Perhaps it is a reminder that sometimes following Jesus means doing mundane tasks that, alone, do not seem important, but in the grand scheme of things, are paramount to the story.
But this seems to be an important thing in every account of this story. For this we left our fishing nets? Surely they imagined a grander assignment. You can imagine what the disciples were thinking. It is interesting that half of this story is about getting the mode of transportation-where to go to find the animal, what to do, what to say. Rather than writing reflections for the Passion Gospel, I’ll post a separate post for the Holy Week lectionary. I did both the Palm Liturgy Gospel passage and the Passion Liturgy Old Testament and Epistle.
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