Place a palm branch, crucifix, and small container of oil at the center of your group. Read the shortened gospel below, which describes people welcoming Jesus when he enters Jerusalem.
NARRATOR: When they were approaching Jerusalem at Bethphage and Bethany… Jesus’ disciples brought a colt to him and threw their cloaks on it; Jesus sat on it. Many people spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches that they had cut from the fields. Then those who went ahead and those who followed were shouting,
ALL: Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the coming kingdom of our ancestor David! Hosanna in highest heaven!
Mark 11.1-10