“His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written of him and had been done to him.

Don’t let this last sentence become a throw-away. It is extraordinarily important to linger on the idea that this moment of triumphal entry ultimately becomes, as the gospel tells us, an afterthought. Only we humans have the capacity to offer supplication for saving in one breath, only to scream “crucify him” in the next, and then forget, until later, that we were actually walking with God all along.

Let’s stand right here at this intersection of need, fallenness, and memory.”

Lectionary Readings:
John 12:12-16
Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29

Isaiah 50:4-9a
Philippians 2:5-11
Mark 14:1-15:47
Psalm 31:9-16