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Fr. Dimitry Dudko
Now we have the solemn service, and here we are with branches. This is the external side. The internal is concealed within the All-Night Vigil. Christ knows that His hour is near, when these rapturous people, praising Him thusly, will soon cry out, “Crucify, crucify!” And as their delight was hard to contain, so was their rage. But while everything is festive, the earthly affair is finished, having reached its climax: “Hosanna in the highest!” And we cry aloud to Thee, “Blessed is He who cometh in the name of the Lord. We magnify Thee, O Christ the Giver of Life.”
Fr. Luke Veronis
So how can we make joy a central part of our lives? Let me offer three concrete suggestions...
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Dr. Jeannie Constantinou
Now, before we get into the Roman trial itself I’d like to briefly talk about what happened between the Roman trial and the Jewish trial that preceded it.
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Metropolitan Anthony (Bloom) of Surozh
The Lord is stronger than death, the Lord has overcome it; not only in the obvious sense in which it is manifested in the bodily raising of Lazarus, but in another sense that concerns us from day to day even more directly.
