Hosanna!

The reflection by Rev. Jeanne Randall-Bodman presented on Sunday, March 29, 2026.

“This year, the price of empire, and our fear of it, may threaten to steal our alleluias from us. But the story of the whole week invites us to remain and not to give up our hosanna; to begin with hosanna, save us now. It invites us to cry out to God, to cry out for and with one another, to see the spirit in one another, to keep our voices fresh. To cry out in hope, to look clear eyed at the pain in the world, and to return again to hope, in the story of love that is stronger than death; stronger than the power of empire. Love that is profound enough to create and recreate and keep recreating the world.”

Liberating Words:

• Matthew 21: 1-11

• Psalm 118: 1-2, 19-29

• Matthew 26: 6-25