Palm Sunday

Jesus entered Jerusalem as King. Saint Paul likens this to a triumphal procession in which we also take part: “Thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of His knowledge by us in every place.” Christ is a victorious King—yet He wins not by violence, but through humility, meekness, and gentleness. He is not a king of war, but the King of peace.

“He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” If we desire to share in His triumph, there is no other path: “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.” To triumph with Christ is to suffer and die with Him, bearing in mind that just as He gave Himself for the salvation of the whole world, so we too are called to do all within our power that as many as possible may be saved.

This is what it means to be the savour of the knowledge of God for those who are being saved: we do not merely sing hymns of praise to our King but proclaim the gospel of His saving and life-giving grace. “The love of Christ constraineth us,” says Saint Paul; therefore, “we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.”