Suddenly, right here in the middle of September, it is Palm Sunday again, the beginning of the week that we call Holy Week or the Week of the Passion of Christ. That strange procession, which must have been first seen by the guards on the city wall as it moved toward Jerusalem, takes shape before our imaginations again. The central figure - Jesus - is seated upon "a colt of a donkey," and people throw palm branches in his path, shouting "Hosanna! Blessings on the King of Israel, who comes in the name of the Lord." Later on, some remember what Scripture says: "Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion; see, your king is coming, mounted on the colt of a donkey." (Jerusalem Bible) With Jesus’ entrance into the Holy City, the "count-down to the cross" begins again. We know the connecton between Passi…