The great parade has ended.  Jesus has entered Jerusalem with the crowds shouting “hosanna”.  What a wonderful day it must have been for the disciples and the crowds.  Yet for Jesus, it was a day that would be overshadowed by the rest of the week.  For Jesus, betrayal was just a few days away.  But first he would celebrate Passover with his disciples in an upper room.  He would change the blessings of the bread and wine and he would wash his disciples feet. Holy week has begun.  How will you remember the events of this week?

We are just a few days away from Palm Sunday – when we celebrate Jesus entering Jerusalem in a great parade.  The people were shouting out great things to him, but in a few days, they shouted “crucify him”.

Often we live the same way.  We proclaim our belief in Jesus, yet act differently.  As we approach Palm Sunday, lets do so waving our palms and crying out “hosanna”, and when Monday comes, lets live like we mean it.