The first Palm Sunday must have been a celebration of chaos, noise, colour and anticipation as Jesus enters Jerusalem to the adulation of a cheering crowd. I always think our ordered gatherings and attempts at exuberant celebration of this event must fall significantly short of the unfettered original, but try we must! The importance of the entry is that all too soon the cheering fades until we are left with the loneliness of Maundy Thursday’s watch and the reflective desolation of Good Friday before the joy arrives.

Please come and join in. Mark out the services you plan to come to as together we keep this week. Think and pray about those you will invite to share in our devotions and prepare for the joy of Easter.

Fr Simon