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Triumph! (Lent 6, 2025) - Matt 21:1-17

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        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...