Dear Friends,

Tomorrow is Palm Sunday. We’ll gather up our palm branches and begin the journey of Holy Week. 

Palm Sunday is a unique day in the church year. Most weeks we take our scripture in small bites, and it’s pretty clear what we’re supposed to be thinking about: prayer or faith or forgiveness or eternal life or whatever. But on Palm Sunday the story we hear is long and full of detail. We know where it seems to end up, of course, and we know where it goes after that, but as the reading begins we are setting out without a rudder, trusting the Holy Spirit to guide us to what we need to hear. It’s a spiritual experiment, different every year. I hope you can join us.

There’s “A User’s Guide to Holy Week” here:
https://stmartinsvt.wordpress.com/1645-2/

Lord Christ,   
behind us in all our yesterdays,       
with us now,           
before us in all our tomorrows,   
you deliver us from fear and sin and death;   
bring us a new beginning,       
bring us an empty tomb; 
and grant us the vision and the humility       
to enter into the life you offer           
as the new day dawns.
Amen.

Peace,

Mark.
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The Rev. Mark Preece
Rector, St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Fairlee, VT
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