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Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, the holiest week in the year for Christians. We travel with Jesus this day as He enters Jerusalem in an honor that will ultimately unravel and end in His death on Good Friday.

One day, while traveling to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the nearby village, where you will find a donkey tied up, that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here to Me. If anyone should say anything to you, reply, ‘The Master needs it.’” The two disciples found the donkey and brought it to Jesus, covered it with their cloaks, and helped Him to mount.

As they headed into Jerusalem, a great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming. They went out to meet Him. Some of the people laid their cloaks on the ground where He was passing; others cut down palm branches to strew on the ground. Still others waved palm and olive branches as Jesus passed by, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna!”

- Adapted from the New American Bible

In ancient Israel, palms were always the symbols of victory. The people of Jerusalem hailed Jesus as their King, but tragically, they misunderstood His Kingdom. Even so, God used all that happened that unforgettable week to bring about the complete defeat of Satan, sin, and death. Truly God loves us, and through the Cross shows us how to achieve the ultimate triumph in our own lives as well. Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!

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