Triumph! (Lent 6, 2025) - Matt 21:1-17
To see the full message, scroll to the bottom. Anna Yahweh hoshiana ! (Please Lord, save us!) - P salm 118:25 Somebody somewhere in th e history of the C hurch looked at the story of Jesus ’ ride into Jerusalem on a donkey, and for the first time ever called it the “ Triumphal Entry .” Which m akes sense , because on the surface that event — w ith Jesus riding into Jerusalem and people shouting and tearing down palm branches and singing songs — feels l ike a party. It feels like we all felt in F ebruary at the end of the F our N ations F ace O ff . Final game. Overtime . Everything's on the line. Somebody scores. Canada wins! Triumph ! In the ancient Roman Empire a ‘T riumph ’ was: A civil ceremony and a religious r ite held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the success of a military commander who had led Roman forces to victory in the service of the state. - Wikipedia T he Rom...