{"id":8275,"date":"2023-08-05T12:08:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T17:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saintmarkhouston.org\/smh\/palm-sunday\/"},"modified":"2024-02-17T13:59:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T19:59:38","slug":"palmsunday","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saintmarkhouston.org\/smh\/info\/icons\/palmsunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Palm Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8685 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/saintmarkhouston.org\/smh\/wp-content\/uploads\/palmsunday-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saintmarkhouston.org\/smh\/wp-content\/uploads\/palmsunday-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/saintmarkhouston.org\/smh\/wp-content\/uploads\/palmsunday-572x1024.jpg 572w, https:\/\/saintmarkhouston.org\/smh\/wp-content\/uploads\/palmsunday-858x1536.jpg 858w, https:\/\/saintmarkhouston.org\/smh\/wp-content\/uploads\/palmsunday-1144x2048.jpg 1144w, https:\/\/saintmarkhouston.org\/smh\/wp-content\/uploads\/palmsunday-13x24.jpg 13w, https:\/\/saintmarkhouston.org\/smh\/wp-content\/uploads\/palmsunday-20x36.jpg 20w, https:\/\/saintmarkhouston.org\/smh\/wp-content\/uploads\/palmsunday-27x48.jpg 27w, https:\/\/saintmarkhouston.org\/smh\/wp-content\/uploads\/palmsunday-scaled.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/>In this icon, the focus of attention is on the portrait of Christ, seated sideways on a donkey. In contrast with emperors who rode mounted upon a war-horse, Christ rides the best of kings who come in peace. This fulfills Zachariah\u2019s prophesy: \u201cBehold your King is coming to you\u2026 mounted on a donkey\u201d (Zach. 9:9). The colt \u201con which no one has sat\u201d typifies the new people called from among the heathen.<\/p>\n<p>The children also play a prominent role; in some icons, children are high in a tree cutting palm branches (symbol of joy and celebration as well as His victory over Satan and death). Another child spreads out his cloak before Christ\u2019s advance; this is a sign of royal welcome (2 King 4:13). The Gospels specify the presence of children at this joyous event and the Church views them as the embodiment of the Biblical reference: \u201cOut of the mouths of babes and infants hast Thou perfected praise\u201d (Ps. 8:3).<\/p>\n<p>All four Evangelists record the triumphal Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, a prefigurement of His final victory over death. At the same time, His Entry into Jerusalem images our Lord\u2019s installation in the Kingdom of His Glory, the New Jerusalem shining in the Glory of the Lord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this icon, the focus of attention is on the portrait of Christ, seated sideways on a donkey. In contrast with emperors who rode mounted upon a war-horse, Christ rides the best of kings who come in peace. This fulfills Zachariah\u2019s prophesy: \u201cBehold your King is coming to you\u2026 mounted on a donkey\u201d (Zach. 9:9). The colt \u201con which no one has sat\u201d typifies the new people called from among the heathen. 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