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esus arrived in Jerusalem riding on the back of an untrained donkey foal. His followers as well as a great multitude spread palm tree branches on the roadway, crying out, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” The Triumphal Entry is recorded in all four Gospels. We celebrate it as Palm Sunday. It was the start of a week that would include denials by Peter, betrayal by Judas,
false trials, beatings, a crown of thorns and finally crucifixion and burial. Doesn’t sound very triumphal does it?

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