As Jesus came riding along on a donkey,
the pavement was holy, he hallowed the ground.
The stones will cry out if the people are silent,
a day filled with joy and with praising is found.
Then those who had followed and those who came after
sang loudly while waving their palms in the air;
these palms they laid down on the ground like a carpet,
some joined celebration, while some stood to stare.
Then loud the hosannas that rang round about him,
this man of humility, heading for death;
and would we sing with them, hosannas and praising,
or cry for the cross that would take his last breath.
And now in this moment the trial and the testing
for you and for me, and for each and for all,
is sharing God's sacrifice, selflessly loving,
to stand beside Jesus, respond to his call.
Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
Words © Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk . Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd.
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