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Triumph over time
Matt 21 1-11
Thrillers often have a plot twist and Palm Sunday has a plot twist as well. Yes, it is
Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem as his supporters and Israel had long hoped for.
But ‘triumph’ comes after a victory. The twist is that Jesus inverts the chronology of
triumph. His triumph comes ahead of his victory, his anointing for burial ahead of his
death, as though the cross and the empty tomb echo backwards as well as forwards
in history.
Holy week is no re-enactment, or amateur dramatics. Its retelling each year makes
real its importance. That is why Jesus can indeed celebrate his triumph ahead of his
victory over sin and death because the victory in the final analysis is a victory for all
eternity.
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Collect
True and humble king,
hailed by the crowd as Messiah:
grant us the faith to know you and love you,
that we may be found beside you
on the way of the cross,
which is the path of glory.
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