Blog on Palm Sunday

These questions are a follow-up to the sermon on March 24th by Rev. Kim Salo.

1. Have you ever acted in a play? Was it easy or hard to “get into character”? Was it a church play with a Christian theme, including a Christmas pageant or a drama about Christ’s Passion? If so, what was the experience like?
 
2. Have you ever experienced the Holy Spirit telling you what to say? What happened? 

3. Read Mark 10:32-34. What are some of the reasons that the disciples did not understand what Jesus was warning them about when he got to Jerusalem? In other words, why was Jesus so badly misunderstood by everyone?

4. Which of the many characters in Christ’s Passion do you easily identify with? From Mark’s gospel, try to choose one of the following: the woman who anointed Jesus’ feet; someone in the crowd at Palm Sunday; Judas Iscariot; Peter; the disciples who fell asleep in Gethsemane; the young man who fled as Jesus was arrested; a member of the Sanhedrin; Barabbas; a thief on a cross next to Jesus; Pontius Pilate; the centurion who declares that Jesus is the Son of God; the women disciples looking on from a distance; Joseph of Arimathea.

5. When you think about Jesus dying on a cross, what strikes you most? What about his Passion do you find most moving?