Palm Sunday, April 13 2025 —
We are entering the Holiest Week of the year. On Maundy Thursday, we will commemorate the Last Supper, the Passover meal at which Jesus instituted the Sacrament of the Altar for the forgiveness of sins, of which Jesus said: “This do, in remembrance of Me.” On Good Friday, we will solemnly commemorate the death of the Lord in atoning payment for the sins of the world in our Tenebrae (darkness) Service.
But first, on Palm Sunday, we remember the day on which Jesus rode into Jerusalem in fulfillment of prophecy knowing that shortly after He would surrender Himself to His enemies and be put to death.
In our Old Testament Lesson Isaiah foretold the coming Servant of the Lord whose humility would be the source of the world’s hope and whose willingness to surrender would bring forth justice.
In our Epistle Lesson Paul reminds us that while Jesus is true God, yet he did not use his divine power to forcefully seize what He wanted. Instead, he surrendered to death on a cross, so that He might win our salvation.
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