Seeker

This painting of the entry of Christ into Jerusalem was created by Wilhelm Morgner, a German artist who died on Flanders fields during World War 1. For me it expresses both peaceful procession and the passion and suffering of Christ. The rich colours speak of royal triumph, but the darkness seems to be closing in and there is more than a hint of the coming passion. The Christ figure seems already pierced. The other figures are ambiguous. Are they there to cheer, to observe, to plot or to crush? Lord Jesus Christ, you humbled yourself in taking the form of a servant, and in obedience died on the cross for our salvation: give us the mind to follow you and to proclaim you as Lord and King, to the glory of God the Father.   Common Worship Post Communion Prayer, Palm Sunday   For previous posts for Palm Sunday see Who is this? Palms and Passion Palm Sunday Image Credit: Vanderbilt Divinity Library, CC License

God our Saviour,   whose Son Jesus Christ entered Jerusalem as Messiah   to suffer and to die,   let these palms be for us signs of his victory; and grant that we who bear them in his name   may ever hail him as our King,   and follow him in the way that leads to eternal life;   who lives and reigns now and forever. Amen.