Monthly Archives: April 2023
Palm Sunday and Fear of the Lord
Christ’s Entry Into Jerusalem, Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin, ARSH 1842-48, Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris
Zoom in on this fresco of Christ entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Look at the faces. Look at the people in the crowd. Look at the slack-jawed awe, and for some of them, fear – for example the man whose head is immediately to the right of the she-ass’ forehead – that dude is SCARED. And so should we all be.
So. Should. We. All. Be.
For the Lord is high, terrible: a great king over all the earth.
Quoniam Dominus excelsus, terribilis, rex magnus super omnem terram.
-Psalm 46: 3
The Earthly Junk is Moved. Whew!
My earthly estate is translocated, and the move went swimmingly. The “check engine” light came on in the truck about halfway along the way, but no issues were detected and the rig got us up into the high country with no problem. Thanks to one and all for your patience and extreme munificence. Truly. Paying movers these days ain’t cheap, but man, the guys I used were the absolute salt of the earth, and worth every cent. Prompt, quick, friendly, and they even crossed themselves when I prayed the Traveler’s Prayer as we departed:
St. Gabriel with Mary, St. Raphael with Tobias, St. Michael with all the heavenly host, be our safeguard and protection on this journey.
May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Here’s a little musical interlude as we prepare for Palm Sunday and Holy Week. Someone should re-lyric this song apropos to St. Paul and his travels.