For Palm Sunday this weekend, I want to share with you some quotes that capture the spirit of that day.
“But Palm Sunday tells us that it is the cross that is the true tree of life.” (Pope Benedict XVI)
“(On Palm Sunday, we commemorate the fact that the people of Jerusalem welcomed Jesus with open arms. He was, for all intents and purposes, a great public success. His Word was heard. His ministry was achieved. One week later, these same people turned him over to crucifixion or watched silently while others did it. It happens to everyone. On the Palm Sundays of life, we have to learn to enjoy them without expecting them to last. It isn’t Palm Sunday that’s important. What’s important is that we pour out our lives like oil for others. (Sister Joan Chittister)
“We wave palms because we have long awaited God’s deliverance and now we’re within 7 days of it. We wave palms because Jesus shows us life-saving answers when we feel crushed by problems threatening to overcome us. We wave palms because Jesus has set us free from the destructive longings of our fallen nature. We wave palms because, like the pilgrims who came to Jerusalem and gave thanks for their healing by Jesus, we too can really be healed in body, mind, and spirit.” (Kevin Gray)
“No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.” (William Penn)
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