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A monologue - Transformed by what I see... (feel, experience, live, hear...)

Mark 11: 1 – 11; Mark 14: 3 – 9 I was there the day he was paraded into the city.   I was there with my leafy branches and my expectations.   I shouted right along with everyone else – save me! Save me! Save us all!   I heard someone say that he is the Son of David. David was such a great and powerful king. A lot of people hope that the Son of David might be able to change our world right now.   I don’t think he is who many say that he is, though.    I was there waving my palm branches and shouting Hosanna, save us, because life is hard these days. Whoever he is, my great hope is that he will change the world we are living in.   I live with my family in Bethany, not far from Jerusalem across the Kidron Valley.  Near my home, there is a kind of shelter or camp for the poorest of the poor – there they can find a place to rest and eat, to stay while they get back on their feet – at least that is their hope.    I see so many suffering people there. We take food to them when we can. We brin

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