Like the one child who said of the emperor, But he hasn't got anything on!", today I invite you to join me in saying, Hosanna! to all who puncture the pomp of kings and rulers, to reveal the hidden truth of their sorry passing powers; Hosanna! to those who illuminate the pitiful deference of their subjects so as to open the people’s eyes to other outlooks. From Banksy's subversive Palestine Separation Wall graffiti to Marina Ovsyannikova, that Russian TV journalist who last month walked onto the set of a live news broadcast holding a sign saying, “Don’t believe the propaganda. They’re lying to you here.” And the One who set in motion the crazy, wonderful practice of revealing the deficiencies of worldly rulers and the gullibility of their subjects by choosing to ride a donkey into Jerusalem on the same day that the Roman emperor entered the city in the high pomp of a military procession. 

A talk for Palm Sunday, 10 April 2022.

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