And the crowds that went before him and that followed him shouted, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" - Mt 21, 9
If I recall correctly, in addition to serving as the pre-processional Gospel reading on Palm Sunday, the triumphal entry is also sometimes used as the Gospel reading on the feast of Christ the King. Even those of use who consider ourselves delivered into his kingdom fail to fully live under his rule. Sometimes this is due to our stubbornness, in other cases because of our ignorance, and sometimes because the flesh is weak.
But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant . . . - Mt 21, 15
Yes, sometimes this is us, too, when God seems to ask something of us that contradicts our sensibility. How judgmental of God and of our fellow sojourners we become! Humble obedience seems beyond our grasp. Only the Holy Spirit transforms us into subjects who eagerly seek and heed the King's commands to glorify him with our lives.
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