{"id":482,"date":"2012-04-01T11:00:21","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/sermons\/?p=482"},"modified":"2019-12-10T10:58:39","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T15:58:39","slug":"the-liturgy-of-the-palms-%e2%80%93-the-liturgy-of-the-passion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/sermons\/2012\/04\/01\/the-liturgy-of-the-palms-%e2%80%93-the-liturgy-of-the-passion\/","title":{"rendered":"The Liturgy of the Palms \u2013 The Liturgy of the Passion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/av\/chapel\/podcasts\/sundayservices\/MarshChapel040112.mp3\">Click here to hear the full service.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bible.oremus.org\/?ql=200292133\">Mark 14:1 &#8211; 15:47<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Meditation on the Palms <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Seeing With the Heart: Meditations from Marsh Chapel, 2010<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Dean: \u00a0 If we believe that life has meaning and purpose<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 And we do<\/p>\n<p>The Dean: If we believe that the Giver of Life loves us<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 And we do<\/p>\n<p>The Dean: If we believe that divine love lasts<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 And we doThe Dean: If we believe that justice, mercy, and humility endure<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 And we do<\/p>\n<p>The Dean: If we believe that God so loved the world to give God\u2019s only Son<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 And we do<\/p>\n<p>The Dean: If we believe that Jesus is the transcript in time of God in eternity<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 And we do<\/p>\n<p>The Dean: If we believe that all God\u2019s children are precious in God\u2019s sight<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 And we do<\/p>\n<p>The Dean: If we believe grace and forgiveness are the heart of the universe<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 And we do<\/p>\n<p>The Dean: If we believe that God has loved us personally<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 And we do<\/p>\n<p>The Dean: If we believe in God<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 And we do<\/p>\n<p>The Dean: Then we shall trust God over the valley of the shadow of death<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 And we shall<\/p>\n<p>The Dean: Then we shall trust that love is stronger than death<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 And we shall<\/p>\n<p>The Dean: Then we shall trust the mysterious promise of resurrection<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 And we shall<\/p>\n<p>The Dean: Then we shall trust the faith of Christ, relying on faith alone<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 And we shall<\/p>\n<p>The Dean: Then we shall trust the enduring worth of personality<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 And we shall<\/p>\n<p>The Dean: Then we shall trust that just deeds, merciful words are never vain<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 And we shall<\/p>\n<p>The Dean: Then we shall trust the Giver of Life to give eternal life<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 And we shall<\/p>\n<p>The Dean: Then we shall trust the source of love to love eternally<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 And we shall<\/p>\n<p>The Dean: Then we shall trust that we rest protected in God\u2019s embrace<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 And we shall<\/p>\n<p>The Dean: Then we shall trust in God<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 And we shall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Meditation on the Passion Rev. Dr. Robert Allan Hill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Deliver Us From Evil, 2005<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Dean: \u00a0 To the question of evil let us live our answer by choosing the cruciform path of faith.<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 Let us meet evil with honesty, grief with grace, failure with faith, and death with dignity.The Dean: Let us carry ourselves in belief.<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 Let us affirm the faith of Christ which empowers to withstand what we cannot understand.<\/p>\n<p>The Dean: \u00a0 Let us remember that it is not the passion of Christ that defines the Person of Christ, but the Person that defines the passion.<\/p>\n<p>People: Let us remember that it is not suffering that bears meaning, but a sense of meaning that bears up under suffering.<\/p>\n<p>The Dean: Let us remember that it is not the cross that carries the love but the love that carries the cross.<\/p>\n<p>People: \u00a0 Let us remember that it is not crucifixion that encompasses salvation, but salvation that encompasses even the tragedy of crucifixion.<\/p>\n<p>The Dean: Let us remember and that it is not the long sentence of Holy week, with all its phrases, dependent clauses and semi\u2010colons 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<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>~The Revered Dr. Robert Allan Hill<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Dean of Marsh Chapel<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to hear the full service. 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