Palm Sunday 2010

Attended the Palm Sunday service at the Advocate this morning. Chilly day, with intermittent sun. The service began with a short procession from the Advocate office (a small home) to a nearby park, singing and holding up palms and flowering branches as we followed the crucifix. At the end of the procession, we throw down our palms and branches and then walk on top of them in silence—the mood is more somber from this point on, because Palm Sunday is also Passion Sunday, so there's a dramatic reading of one of the Gospels' narrative of the Last Supper, Gethsemane, the trial, and the crucifixion. As I mentioned, the service was being held outdoors, and in the middle of the Gospel drama, a gust of wind sent the crucifix toppling to the cement floor of the pavilion we were sitting under—Jesus' arms broke off.

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This was from the Gospel reading for today. Jesus at the Last Supper, as narrated by Luke—

He took the cup, and gave thanks, and said,
"Take this, and share it among yourselves.
For I tell you,
I will not drink of the fruit of the vine again
until the kingdom of God shall come."
(Luke 22:17-18)

Which brought to mind for me this passage from Doctrine and Covenants:

Marvel not, for the hour is coming
when on earth I will drink of the fruit of the vine with you . . .
and with all from this world whom my Father has made mine.
Therefore, lift up your hearts and rejoice . . .
and be faithful until I come.
(D&C 27:5, 14-15, 18)