Quote for Reflection (Sunday, April 2, 2023)

“We begin with identifying ourselves with the people who welcomed Jesus on Palm Sunday…And then during the week, we have to come to terms with the fact that, when Jesus actually does arrive in Jerusalem, he turns out not to be so welcomed after all, and we have to ask ourselves, ‘What about us?’ When Jesus arrives in our world, in our lives, we are actually glad to see him, and, if Holy Week is going well, we really begin to understand why it is that Jesus can seem threatening and dangerous to our safety; and why we, just like the people in Jerusalem in the first Holy Week, don’t want him around.”

Archbishop Rowan Williams