Palm Sunday 2021
Prepare ye the way Of the Lord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E5VHT3kfQ0
As you say this prayer you are uniting with your own congregation and with Christians world wide:
Loving God, as we step into Holy Week, we remember your triumphant entry into Jerusalem. We sing your praises, shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David.” You alone are the true King, the leader greater than all others. Even so, in your great mercy you chose to become like us, taking on human form and living among us. As we celebrate and shout “Hosanna” today, may we remember what will soon follow. Keep us faithful in word and deed, and help us to love you always.
We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
Luke 19: v 38
38 “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord!”“Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
For Children and young at heart.
The Donkey that noone could ride.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8j8802Mw-0
Trotting trotting through Jerusalem. This goes into English after a couple sentences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJxscSePly4
Matthew 21:1-11 New International Version
Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King
21 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3 If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”
4 This took place to fulfil what was spoken through the prophet: Zech. 9:9
5 “Say
to Daughter Zion, ‘See, your king comes to
you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
and on a
colt, the foal of a donkey.’”
6 The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them for Jesus to sit on. 8 A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,
“Hosanna to the Son of David!”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” Psalm 118:25,26
“Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
10 When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”
11 The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
Hosanna (Blessed Is He Who Comes In The Name of the Lord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwDYhguDQb0
The Messiah, The promised one. Jerusalem was occupied by the Romans. There was no love lost between Jew and gentile. Some thought the Messiah would come on a fine horse and get rid of the Romans. But when Christ was among them they would not acknowledge Jesus as the Messiah.
The Jewish leaders in the synagogue felt that their teaching and the rules they followed were under threat by this carpenter. But He had a great following; Jesus had healed the sick; And taught in the temple. He had men that followed and learned from him. And now the Jewish leaders watched a large crowd as they shouted their praises to the son of David.
But Jesus knew that Jerusalem would turn her back, and lose the chance of peace.
We have seen many occasions when the crowds have turned out to wave at the Queen or the Princes and Princesses. The Television cameras and newspapers show pictures of the posh royal car and the people waving the union flags and cheering. Some folk travelled miles to join in the celebrations. It would be out of place to see the Queen in a second hand Ford. Sometimes the royals will walk and talk to the waving throng.
The Queen came to my boys’ school some years ago now, and the children lined up to wave and greet her. The school was in a deprived part of the city, her visit boosted morale; the school pupils achieved high grades that year and a few years after that.
Even years later, watching a video of that visit captures a special time with all the children waving flags and cheering something they will never forget.
To day Palm Sunday is remembered as a turning point in history; the world will never be the same after these events over 2,000 years ago.
The donkey back in those days was the every day transport, pulling carts, carrying heavy loads, they are still in use in some parts of the world. As a young teenager my friend had a Donkey named Rhubarb, he was large donkey and very easy going, we spent hours trying to make him look lovely. His mane and shaggy coat would shine until he would go out and roll and shake himself; he had a faint cross over his shoulder and down his back, it always reminded me of Christ’s entry into Jerusalem.
I often wonder what if Jesus was coming down my street to day what transport would he use? Would be an every day vehicle, something that would not turn heads, some thing plain?
Maybe a twelve seater Ford mini bus for Him and his disciples? I do not think it would have been Bentley, Rolls Royce, or Daimler. Some of the Jews were expecting the Messiah to come on a mighty horse to rid them of the Romans. God never does what we expect.
Jesus would come to challenge our thinking. He would Answer our questions with another question. He would talk with all the down and outs. He would eat with the homeless in day centres. Would you want some one who had just been talking the drunks and drug addicts, and sharing a meal with them, to come into your home. This is Jesus he is not gentle and mild but a rebel, upsetting the status quo. The Son of God. This forgiving Jesus. Who hears our prayers. O what a man.
Let us pray
Jesus there are so many needs in this world to day, from war and Famine. Foods and wild fires.
Be with all who are crying out to you; hear them and be with them.
Be with peace workers, ambassadors, help governments to sit down together to draw up peace treaties. Your own prayers for the world ……………….
Be with my family friends and neighbours. own prayer.…………………...
Thank you for listening to me. fill me with your peace as I go through each day. Amen
All glory laud and honour to thee redeemer king
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3a8fTTrAdE
Palm Sunday poem:
The Baptist cries, O prepare the way of the Lord.
All Jerusalem prepare the way of the Lord,
You His people prepare, show the way of the Lord.
In all you do, in all you say, in how you act and how you pray,
For God gave His son, in Him is the truth the light and the way.
The Baptist cries, O prepare the way of the Lord.
All Jerusalem prepare the way of the Lord
You His people prepare, walk the way of the Lord.
S.Youdan
May God Bless you each day with His love and peace. Amen
prepare ye
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