Monday of Holy Week April 11

“And Yet.” 
 
Scripture: Matthew 21:1-11  

Who is This?
When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking, “Who is this?”
- Matthew 21:10
Palm branches waving.
Loud hosannas ringing. 
Quiet hallelujahs humming.
Jesus comes.
A hero, they say.
Mighty in possibility.
Powerful in hope.
And yet. 
Not that kind of hero. 
Not that kind of hero.  
Not that kind of hero. 
That donkey is disquieting. That hero is all too mortal. That possibility is wrought through struggle. That hope is birthed through surrender. 

Spiritual practice
(Repeat aloud this phrase, with an emphasis on the bolded word.)
Who is this? 
Who is this?
Who is this?
(take a moments silence, and ask again the question inside yourself)
Who is this? 
Stop. Now. 
Go no further down the road of this week until you search your heart, and a response arises that you can live, and die with, this Holy Week. 
 Who is this?  
 
Prayer
Who am I?  HOLY ONE, even in this moment You are living fully. So, I rise. I rise humming even as the loud hosannas elude me this year. I rise humming. Amen.
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Ponder this deeply. And rise. Humming. 
Peace, Rev. Gail