"Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your king is coming, sitting on an ass's colt!"

Great Lent has run its course.
We enter Holy Week; Christ enters Jerusalem.

Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!

As we stand in church on the evening of Palm Sunday, we are sunk in darkness. This is the end. We have seen the light: Christ has triumphed over the darkness of death by raising His friend Lazarus. He has sought—and received—the acclamation of His Kingship by His people Israel: "Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is He that comes in the name of the Lord." We have held high our palm branches and accepted His Kingdom. But now these palms lie at home, and we stand in darkness. The end has come.   
--V. Rev. Paul Lazor and Paul Garrett