Lent Journey: Week Five
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Jesus comes to Jerusalem as king
11 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, 2 saying to them, ‘Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 3 If anyone asks you, “Why are you doing this?” say, “The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.”’
4 They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it, 5 some people standing there asked, ‘What are you doing, untying that colt?’ 6 They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them go. 7 When they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks over it, he sat on it. 8 Many people spread their cloaks on the road, while others spread branches they had cut in the fields. 9 Those who went ahead and those who followed shouted,
‘Hosanna!’
‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’
10 ‘Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!’
‘Hosanna in the highest heaven!’
11 Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the temple courts. He looked around at everything, but since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
It’s impossible to imagine going up to London to see Buckingham Palace, and finding the Queen standing outside at the bus stop, waiting for a bus. But that is precisely what the people of Oslo saw during the oil crisis of 1973: the then King, Olav the fifth, catching the tram up to the ski slopes like any other ordinary citizen. His bodyguard went with him, of course, but the king felt that if the rest of the population was being asked to leave their cars at home to save energy, he should set an example. So like everybody else, he boarded the tram outside the royal palace and. skis in hand, headed for the slopes outside the city.
Source: Simon Coupland
Questions
1) Was Jesus making a point, a statement, simply fulfilling prophecy
2) If your leaders, religious or otherwise, were dressed in rags and walked everywhere would you respect them more or less?
3) What would be the best way to arrive with a BANG in your town if Jesus were to arrive?
4) How much humility do you see in the world around you?
5)What does the phrase “We’re in it together” mean to you?
6) “Hosanna” means save us. We are called to be like Christ as the Church. What are people calling out to us to save them from?
7) What do you like or dislike about the picture? Does it make you think of anything in particular?
8) How does the story link in with the Bible reading?
9) Which affects you more the reading, the story or the image?
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