1 Ride on! Ride on in majesty!
Hark! All the tribes hosanna cry:
O Saviour meek, pursue thy road
with palms and scattered garments strowed.
2 Ride on! Ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die;
O Christ, thy triumphs now begin
o'er captive death and conquered sin.
I Love A Parade, the tramping of feet,
I love every beat I hear of a drum.
I Love A Parade, When I hear a band,
I just want to stand and cheer as they come.
Today's military parade in Washington DC has been described as "military chic" with tens of millions being spent on this chilling piece of theatre. Of course, it has been orchestrated by the Orange Emperor on what happens to be his birthday -- what a coincidence!
This has been quite a week with National Guard troops and Marines sent to California even though this is illegal without the invitation of Governor Newsome or the LA mayor. . This morning I heard someone on CBC Radio saying that democracy is effectively ending in the States and that while Trump was democratically elected, so was Adolph Hitler. He brought this up, not to make a direct comparison, but because democracy is a fragile institution that can melt away with unsettling speed.
North Korea Military Parade
Across the United States there will be "No Kings" events today to protest this riduculous spectacle and we need to pray for the wellbeing of the participants. Failed presidential candidate, Ron DeSantis, has suggested that Floridians have permission to drive their vehicles into protesters if they feel threatened and a sheriff promised that those who get too unruly will be shot dead.This is totalitarianism, pure and not-so-simple
Palm Sunday is in the rearview mirror in our liturgical year yet I think of Jesus entering Jerusalem from the east as the anti-king from direction while Pontius Pilate arrived from the west as the representative of Rome's might. The contrast invited people to ask, who will we follow and to whom will be bow down. These questions remain.
2 comments:
I hope Trump was informed about the numbers that showed up for the anti-Trump parades. And I pray fervently that they will all get out and vote.
His lackeys immediately inflated the crowd size, Judy. Nothing new here.
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