Poem for Palm Sunday 2017

I do not preach on Palm/Passion Sunday since the Gospel Passion narratives are so long. These narratives are where the congregation give the crowds replies calling for Jesus to be crucified.

Palm Sunday 2017

I tell myself if I had been there

I would have cheered, when he

rode into town. to “Set us free”

risking all the authorities glare.

I tell myself if I had been there

I’d fully understood the meaning

behind the meal we were eating

And boldly meet fates we’d share.

I tell myself if I had been there

I’d perform all sorts of derring-do

as such a Saint will be called due

in company with Francis or Clare.

But I fear that I’d join another crowd,

yelling  to place Jesus into a shroud.