When we journey with Jesus this week, let the humble one on a donkey remind us to reject the logic of empire and hold fast to the other way, making our witness public, living our lives as a prayer.
When we journey with Jesus this week, let the cross remind us that there is no brutality or repression, no betrayal or abandonment—nothing in the horrors of this world—that our God does not know, that our God does not feel. In the depths of our personal grief and pain, in breadth of the world’s sorrow, God has been, is and will be with us. We are never alone.
When we journey with Jesus this week, let the empty tomb remind us that neither hate nor cruelty, not violence, not even death, reign supreme. Those who wage terror are not king. The kin-dom of God, the beloved community rises in the midst of struggle. Because Christ is Risen, true transformation is always possible.
Words: Jennifer Henry
2026