{"id":32,"date":"2011-04-17T11:28:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-17T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/sermons\/2011\/04\/17\/a-meditation-on-the-palms-and-a-meditation-on-the-passion\/"},"modified":"2011-04-17T11:28:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-17T11:28:00","slug":"a-meditation-on-the-palms-and-a-meditation-on-the-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/sermons\/2011\/04\/17\/a-meditation-on-the-palms-and-a-meditation-on-the-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"A Meditation on the Palms and a Meditation on the Passion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Matthew 21:1-11<\/a>
Matthew 26:14 – 27:66<\/a><\/p>\n

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A Meditation on the Palms
<\/span>Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill
Seeing with the Heart: Meditations from Marsh Chapel<\/span>, 2010<\/span>
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The Dean:<\/span> If we believe that life has meaning and purpose
People: And we do<\/span>
The Dean:<\/span> If we believe that the Giver of Life loves us
People: And we do<\/span>
The Dean:<\/span> If we believe that divine love lasts
People: And we do<\/span>
The Dean:<\/span> If we believe that justice, mercy, and humility endure
People: And we do<\/span>
The Dean:<\/span> If we believe that God so loved the world to give God\u2019s only Son
People: And we do<\/span><\/p>\n

The Dean:<\/span> If we believe that Jesus is the transcript in time of God in eternity
People: And we do<\/span>
The Dean:<\/span> If we believe that all God\u2019s children are precious in God\u2019s sight
People: And we do<\/span>
The Dean:<\/span> If we believe grace and forgiveness are the heart of the universe
People: And we do<\/span>
The Dean:<\/span> If we believe that God has loved us personally
People: And we do<\/span>
The Dean:<\/span> If we believe in God
People: And we do<\/span><\/p>\n

The Dean: <\/span>Then we shall trust God over the valley of the shadow of death
People: And we shall<\/span>
The Dean:<\/span> Then we shall trust that love is stronger than death
People: And we shall<\/span>
The Dean:<\/span> Then we shall trust the mysterious promise of resurrection
People: And we shall<\/span>
The Dean:<\/span> Then we shall trust the faith of Christ, relying on faith alone
People: And we shall<\/span>
The Dean: <\/span>Then we shall trust the enduring worth of personality
People: And we shall<\/span>
The Dean:<\/span> Then we shall trust that just deeds, merciful words are never vain
People: And we shall<\/span>
The Dean: <\/span>Then we shall trust the Giver of Life to give eternal life
People: And we shall<\/span>
The Dean:<\/span> Then we shall trust the source of love to love eternally
People: And we shall<\/span>
The Dean:<\/span> Then we shall trust that we rest protected in God\u2019s embrace
People: And we shall<\/span>
The Dean:<\/span> Then we shall trust in God
People: And we shall.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A Meditation on the Passion <\/span>
Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill
Deliver Us From Evil<\/span>, 2005<\/div>\n

The Dean:<\/span> To the question of evil let us live our answer by choosing the cruciform path of faith.
People: Let us meet evil with honesty, grief with grace, failure with faith, and death with dignity.<\/span>
The Dean: <\/span>Let us carry ourselves in belief.
People: Let us affirm the faith of Christ which empowers to withstand what we cannot understand.<\/span>
The Dean: <\/span> Let us remember that it is not the passion of Christ that defines the Person of Christ, but the Person that defines the passion.
People: Let us remember that it is not suffering that bears meaning, but a sense of meaning that bears up under suffering.<\/span>
The Dean:<\/span> Let us remember that it is not the cross that carries the love but the love that carries the cross.
People: Let us remember that it is not crucifixion that encompasses salvation, but salvation that encompasses even the tragedy of crucifixion.<\/span>
The Dean:<\/span> Let us remember and that it is not the long sentence of Holy week, with all its phrases, dependent clauses and semi-colons that completes the gospel, but it is the punctuation to come in seven days, the last mark of the week to come in 168 hours, whether it be the exclamation point of Peter, the full stop period of Paul or the question mark of Mary\u2014Easter defines Holy Week, and not the other way around. The resurrection follows but does not replace the cross. The cross precedes but does not overshadow the resurrection. It is Life that has the last word and there is a God to whom we may pray, in the assurance of being heard: \u201cDeliver us from evil\u201d<\/p>\n

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~The Reverend Dr. Robert Allan Hill,<\/span>
Dean of Marsh Chapel<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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