Holy Week Reflection

As a small boy how Jesus could be proclaimed a King on Palm Sunday and five days later the same crowd were calling for him to be crucified. Why?

As an older person I realized that in many situations in life people express a different viewpoint to mine and I believe this is reflected in the events of Holy  Week.

For many of the crowd they believed that Jesus was to be the liberator from Roman Rule and whatever else was causing them to feel angry at the world.

However what Jesus offered was a different philosophy about the way we should live our lives not a solution. That was to bring about change through love not seeking power. Unfortunately not everyone embraced this philosophy and because they didn’t like what they heard or saw it as threatening the status quo Jesus died on a cross. He was crucified for having a different opinion.Fortunately, three days later he rose from the dead and his message to love lives on today.

 

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