Today
we have the unusual experience of hearing
two
different Gospels at Mass.
We
see two very different scenes;
an
extreme upper and an extreme downer.
In
the first, adored and acclaimed,
Jesus
rides through the welcoming
streets of Jerusalem.
While
the crowd cheers, Hosanna
to the Son of David!
In
the second, just a few days later, scourged and scorned,
Jesus
struggles along those punishing streets
dragging
his cross to Calvary.
While
the crowd jeers, Crucify
him, crucify him!
Jesus,
like all of us, lived a life of ups and downs.
But
he had it already figured out as he rode that donkey
through
the palm-laden streets.
He
knew the ugly turn that ride would take.
And,
despite, the terrible low point ahead, he rode on.
Neither
the high nor the low could pull him off his course,
because
he had faith in his mission and in his ultimate end—
his
end beyond Calvary.
All
of us are here on a mission.
And,
thanks to Jesus, we can all share in that ultimate glorious end.
Holding onto our faith, and keeping that end in view,
Holding onto our faith, and keeping that end in view,
all
of us can ride out the ups and downs of life.
Palm Sunday
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