“Then they brought the colt to Jesus; and after throwing their cloaks on it, they set Jesus on it.  As he rode along, people kept spreading their cloaks on the road.. and the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the deeds of power that they had seen”

During Lent, we will be praying through the events of Holy Week, stretching what is normally remembered during one week across six weeks. Today we pray with the text that is traditionally remembered on Palm Sunday, the triumphal entry into Jerusalem. In Luke 19:35-42, Jesus asks for a colt that he may ride into Jerusalem, invoking Zechariah’s prophecy that the awaited “king will come… lowly and riding on a colt, the foal of a donkey”. His faithful followers are moved to a loud and joyful outpouring of song and praise, flinging their cloaks down before him and hailing him with palm branches.

You are invited to enter this story imaginatively, being present to Jesus and the events as they unfold.

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