Today was a day of liturgies. The first was a small Liturgy of the Palms and Palm/Passion Sunday in the Cathedral of Saint George's Saint Michael's chapel. The second was a much larger service which formed up in the Saint George's College parking lot for the Liturgy of the Palms, and a grand procession into the Cathedral for Holy Eucharist.
The third was the ecumenical procession from the Church in Bethphage down the Mount of Olives, across the Kidron Valley and up through the Lion's Gate and into the city of Jerusalem. An early estimate forecast a crowd of about 30,000. I don't know how many people were in the procession, but the 2+ mile walk took a little over 2 hours to accomplish. We had people of every nation walking with us, and many were using portable amplification systems to share their music and songs.
There were guitars and drums and trumpets, and music of every kind and in all kinds of languages. And, of course, there was dancing in the street. It was enough to put one in mind of Pentecost! How joyous! How wonderful to be here where it all happened! What a great way to begin our participation in Holy Week!
so incredibly cool... soak it up!
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