Palm Sunday 5.4.20 Welcoming the Saviour
We hold the palms in welcome of Our Lord; we wave them in
jubilation.
This expresses our gladness that the Saviour has come.
We are glad to see Him at whatever stage of His life: whether He is the Baby at Bethlehem;
or the Saviour coming into Jerusalem; or the Lord returning at the end of time.
We are glad to see Him because He saves us, and how could we
not want that?
There may be an element of fear possible at the idea of Christ
coming to us, especially as regards the Last coming.
If we are afraid to see Him we can rectify that by bringing
ourselves into union with Him.
He will not punish us if we are sincerely contrite, and
resolving to live better lives.
We want to get everything right with Him. This is what
salvation means - that we are transformed from fearful selfish creatures
walking in darkness - to children joyfully confident, basking in the presence
of God; totally in union with His holy will.
For all sorts of strange reasons we might resist salvation,
preferring darkness to light.
Instead we wave that palm, welcoming the Saviour into our
hearts, our world, the world.
The original crowd went from Hosanna to Crucify.
We go from Hosanna to Miserere – Have Mercy. Forgive our blindness, our stupidity, and
give us instead true wisdom and gratitude.
We will take a different line from previous generations. The
story of Our Lord’s passion and death reminds us how foolish and evil the human
race can be. We learn from that, and we change it. We let the Saviour save us.
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