Thought For The Day
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Palm Sunday
I am not sure I understand why this Sunday each year is celebrated by many people. Maybe there are not as many as I think. In any case I don’t get it. Yes, according to Matthew Jesus rode into Jerusalem that day and people gathered, and some spread their robes, and others cut branches (Palm, perhaps) and spread them on the road. Indeed the Messiah was in town and there was a lot of excitement for the moment. But it was short-lived, and He had been coming there for the entirety of His lifetime. Within days some of the same people were undoubtedly screaming “crucify Him.” There are those, whom…