Lent #31:  Palm Sunday

Who is this?

(Matthew 21:10)

That’s what folks asked as Jesus entered Jerusalem riding on a young donkey: “Who is this?” The crowd, waving their Palm Branches, sing out their praises: “Hosanna, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” Yet, even while they sing their praises, they wonder: “Who is this?”

Though the crowd wonders about who Jesus is; Jesus accepts their praises. That’s true of all our praises. Who can know the whole of Him? We offer up our loud hosannas still wondering, “Who is this?” Who could have foreseen that by the end of the week, we will know Him as the One Crucified? “Who is this?”