Sunday, March 29, 2026
Jesus enters the opening of Palm Sunday to shouts from a crowd:
"Hosanna in the highest."
Hosanna is a transliteration of the Hebrew word “hosi-ah-na,” which means to save or rescue, or designates the person who saves or rescues. The cry of the crowd echoes through the centuries—through dusty roads, waving branches, and longing hearts. It comes down to us each week during mass.
But today's liturgy of the palms from Matthew's Gospel quietly places another question in the air: “Who is this?”
It is the question Palm Sunday leaves with us. The People of God have never stopped asking the question, searching for words large enough to name the One who rides into Jerusalem on a borrowed colt.
Sometimes the answer rises in praise.
In the song That’s My King, CeCe Winans gives voice to the recognition that slowly grows in the heart of faith. Not just Who is this? but I know who this is.
That’s my King.
The one who heals the brokenhearted.
The one who lifts the burdened.
The one who walks straight toward the cross for love of us.
Repentance begins here. Turning back to God is serious work—truthful, humbling. Yet it is also a joyful act, because it means we know the One to whom we return.
Palm branches in our hands, we join the ancient cry:
Hosanna.
Save us, Lord.
Yet today, in the quiet of our hearts we also seek to answer "Who is this?" to me and my life. Taking a few moments with the Lord may deepen your answer.