PALM SUNDAY.

“AND when they drew nigh unto [JERUSALEM], and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,

Saying unto them, ‘Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.

And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.

All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,

[TELL YE THE DAUGHTER OF SION, BEHOLD, THY KING COMETH UNTO THEE], meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.’

And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,

And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon” (Matthew 21:1-7).

“On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

Took branches of [PALM TREES], and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord” (John 12:12-13).

“And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.

And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; [HOSANNA IN THE HIGHEST].

And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?

And the multitude said, ‘[THIS IS JESUS THE PROPHET OF NAZARETH OF GALILEE]’” (Matthew 21:8-11).

Let us keep in remembrance on this PALM Sunday that it is written: “The righteous shall flourish like the [PALM TREE]” (Psalm 92:12).