On Palm Sunday

For, the new colt upon which the Lord found it worthy to be carried on our behalf prefigures the obedience of the nations to Him, from which people we are all descendents, rulers together with subjects. Indeed, as the divine Apostle tells us that there is neither male nor female in Christ, nor Jew nor Greek (Rom 10:12), but that we are all one, so in the same sense, there is neither ruler or ruled. Rather, here too, we are all one through our faith in Him and through His grace. We have received our perfection within the body of the Church, His Church, and we possess Him as the one Head of that Church. Furthermore, we have all been given to drink one spirit which is the gift of the all Holy Spirit. We have been baptized, being one in that baptism; we also possess one hope in all things, for there is one God in each of us and over all and in all.

Therefore, let us love one another and bear with one another and care for each other, insofar as we all are members of one another. And, the very sign of our discipleship, as the Lord Himself tells us, is that bond of love (Jn. 13:34-35). The paternal inheritance which He left for us when He was about to pass from this world itself is simply love, and the perfection He bestowed upon us in the prayer He offered when He was about to ascend to His own Father was that we might strengthen each other in love. Let us then be on our guard that we may become the recipients of the blessings of His paternal prayer for our sakes, lest we be deprived by Him of our inheritance, lest we risk losing the seal bestowed upon us which is our adoption, our benediction, our discipleship. For then we would be deprived of our hope that which is stored up for us, and be shut out from the spiritual wedding banquet.