In the liturgy for blessing of Palms, we read the account of the triumphal entry in St. Matthew 21. 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them. 8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9 And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!” (St. Mt 21:7–9). The people praised Jesus as He passed by, but many of them praised him for two reasons. First, because of his miracles. He had healed the sick, raised the dead. They praised Him because he was serving them, and Second, because they saw in Jesus a way to be politically delivered from the Romans and set free from Roman rule, just as the Israelites were delivered from Egypt by Yahweh through their deliverer Moses. Their praise was tempered with their attitude about Jesus, “What can you do for me?”