This coming Sunday is Palm Sunday. It is good, then, to think about the last
week that Jesus walked among us, and about what he did for us. (Psalm 143:5) The Gospel of Luke says:
He was going on ahead, going up
to Jerusalem.
When He approached Bethpage and Bethany, near the mount that
is called Olivet,
He sent two of the disciples, saying,
“Go into the village ahead of
you; there, as you enter, you will find a colt tied
on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it
and bring it here.
If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’
you shall say, ‘The Lord has need of it.’ “
So those who were sent went away and found it just as
He had told them.
As they were untying the colt, its owners
said to them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
They said, “The Lord has need of it.”
They brought it to Jesus, and they threw their coats on
the colt and put Jesus on it.
As He was going, they were spreading their coats on
the road.
As soon as He was approaching, near the descent of the Mount of Olives,
the whole crowd of the disciples began to
praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles which they
had seen, shouting:
“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord;
peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to
Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.”
But Jesus answered, “I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!”
When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept
over it, Saying,
“If you had known in this day, even you,
the things which make for peace!
But now they have been hidden from
your eyes.
For the days will come upon you
when your enemies will throw up a barricade against
you,
and surround you and hem you in on every side,
and they will level you to the ground and
your children within you,
and they will not leave in you one stone upon another,
because you did not recognize the time of
your visitation.”
