A LITURGY FOR PALM SUNDAY

We expect so much from you:
to ride a stallion 
to overthrow our oppressors 
to win on our behalf.

In misguided joy we waive branches 
In mistaken anticipation we lay down our cloaks. 
But you know.
You know this praise is fleeting -
that days later we’ll condemn you.
Even still, you do not rebuke us. 

And so, enter our misplaced hope 
disappoint our demands for victory
disillusion our need for an easy fix 
disrupt our vision of a life well lived. 

All that you might be King
in your ways and in your time.

Jesse French
Restoration Project Executive Director