A little boy was sick on Palm Sunday and stayed home from church with his mother. His father returned from church holding a palm branch. The little boy was curious and asked, "Why do you have that palm branch, dad?" "You see, when Jesus came into town, everyone waved Palm Branches to honor him, so we got Palm Branches today." The little boy replied, " Aw Shucks! The one Sunday I miss is the Sunday that Jesus shows up!"

We begin Holy Week celebrating Christ’s presence in Jerusalem. We have been prepared by the gospel writers to understand the joy of the people greeting Jesus. We are about to see Jesus in the fulfillment of his role as messiah.

How can anyone really explain or understand Jesus Christ? First, there is the mystery of explaining how one Man could be fully God and fully human …