Jesus Drives an SUV (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
This chapter is normally tackled at a different time of year, as it tells the story of Palm Sunday, but I have no choice as I've arrived at it now and can hardly wait that long before moving on. Jesus's entry into Jerusalem spans the whole of this lengthy chapter as well as chapters 22 through 25, beginning with his march on the city and culminating in his time in the Temple courts debating...
PalmAddicts (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
[From The Rev. Errol Montgomery] While Palm Sunday only occurs once a year on the Church calendar, for me and my Treo 650 every Sunday is a "Palm" Sunday. As a busy parish pastor, my Treo not only is used...
ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
... “Hosanna! Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord!” - Mark 11:7-9 In Jewish history the palm branch was once viewed as a symbol of triumph and of victory. Because of this, the scene of the crowd greeting Jesus by waving palm fronds and carpeting his path with them as he entered Jerusalem has been remembered and celebrated by Christians by what is known as “Palm Sunday”....
9-Year Bible (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Palm Sunday: parade Monday: Jesus cleanses the temple Tuesday: Jesus annointed Wednesday: strangely silent [what happened? why no public record'] Maundy Thursday: the Last Supper Good Friday: the cross Saturday: despair Easter Sunday: Resurrection Day
TMQ2 (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
Remember the ass on which Jesus rode into Jerusalem? It was Palm Sunday, or that’s what Christians call it now. Christians celebrate Palm Sunday, and whenever they get the chance they visit all the places where Jesus is reputed to have visited during his life. Unfortunately, Christians haven’t been as Christian when it comes to [...]
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
... of Olives we had our official portrait taken with the city in the background. We went down the Palm Sunday pathway to the Garden of Gethsemane and the Church of All Nations and observed a Mass with hundreds of international visitors. The olives were being harvested from trees perhaps 800 years old! From the Garden of Gethsemane we next visited the Western or Wailing Wall, the only...
If I Ran the Zoo (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Not to be missed: John Derbyshire rants himself into a hysterical froth of rage and dyspepsia and K. Lo takes the palm sunday award (the catholic version of "No, Really, I'll just sit here in the dark") with this post: And They Don't Even Know There's a McCain Voter on the Block [ Kathryn Jean Lopez ] From the 11th Floor at NR World Headquarters, every few minutes a crowd of (drunk) people pass...
Global News Blog (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
... in the states of Victoria and Tasmania. Zirnsak — part of the organising committee for this year’s Palm Sunday peace and nuclear disarmament rally in Melbourne, held each year since 2003 with concurrent rallies taking place around Australia — says that he was shocked to learn that the committee had been targeted by police, with an undercover SIG officer being convincing enough to...
the blog of flightcomparison.co.uk (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
... wails from old women. The crowds at other Holy Week parades had been raucous, especially on Palm Sunday - los Ramas - when a float displaying a statue of Jesus on a donkey had been carried, listing, through the plaza while palm leaves were beaten against the curved road. I watched the Nazarenes until the crucifix and the last of the blue Klannish hoods faded into the prickling...
