The following reflections are from the wirttings and collections of Father Michael of blessed memory
Today Christ enters Jerusalem as King – a King without an army, without wealth and Who wrote nothing – but a King of a Kingdom which will last forever. Today, as we stand in Church, we proclaim that that Kingdom is the highest value and the content of our lives. It is that Kingdom into which we have been baptized and which lies at the very heart of our Orthodox Church for the Church herself is the ‘sacrament’ of the Kingdom of God in the world. A good deal of contemporary Christianity identifies the Kingdom of God with social and political movements. While Jesus certainly had compassion on suffering humanity His Kingdom is not an earthly or political one – but one in which all the dead and suffering from all ages will be healed and resurrected once and for all. May the mysterious power of Holy Week transform our commemoration of Christ’s Passion into one of participation – even now – in the new life of His Kingdom which exploded into the world with His Resurrection.fmk (Originally published on Palm Sunday bulletin, April 24, 2016)