Palm Sunday – The King Who Comes to Die
- Altynai Maria Abaskan
- Apr 13
- 2 min read
Palm Sunday marks the solemn beginning of Holy Week, the most sacred time in the Church’s calendar. With palm branches in our hands and the Gospel in our hearts, we walk with Jesus as He enters Jerusalem, not as a conquering warrior, but as the Messiah of peace, riding humbly on a donkey.
Crowds shout “Hosanna!” and lay down cloaks before Him, welcoming Him as king. Yet within days, the same city will cry, “Crucify Him!” Palm Sunday is a day of both joy and sorrow, a day that asks us: Which voice do I raise? Am I loyal only when it is easy?
A Humble King
The liturgy begins with procession and triumph, but quickly turns to silence and suffering as we listen to the Passion narrative. It reminds us that Christ’s kingship is not about earthly power. It is about self-emptying love. His crown is made of thorns, His throne a Cross.
“He humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.”– Philippians 2:8
A Week That Changes Everything
Palm Sunday invites us to enter fully into the mysteries of this coming week. It is not a drama to be watched from afar, but a reality we are called to live. In every Mass, every prayer, every suffering we unite to Christ, we walk this road with Him.
Let us not be like the crowd that praised Him one day and rejected Him the next. Let us be like Simon of Cyrene, helping Him carry the Cross; like the women of Jerusalem, weeping but not fleeing; like the Good Thief, who in his final hour, placed his trust in the mercy of the Savior.
“Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!”– Matthew 21:9
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